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From the Back of the Line is a 30 minute documentary film exploring the impact of current legislation and immigration policies on the families of undocumented immigrants living in Charlotte North Carolina. Through interviews and exploration, the film will document the struggles of individuals caught in low-priority deportation procedures, parents raising mixed status families, High School and College-age students who have lived in the United States since childhood and other situations current legislation passes over.

So often in the nation’s dialogue about undocumented immigrants and immigration reform, those at the center of the conversation are regarded merely as statistics, without a true picture of their lives, hopes, struggles and dreams ever being communicated. From the Back of the Line seeks to give a voice and face to the people falling through the gaps of proposed immigration reforms in order that we might craft a better American landscape through diversity and a greater depth of understanding.

The film will premiere May 3rd at a free public showing in UNC Charlotte’s Center City building in uptown Charlotte, NC.

Charlotte, NC filmmakers Haberdashery Films, in conjunction with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have partnered with Hannah Levinson, Armando Bellmas and the Latin American Coalition to create this unique regional film.

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hella of my comrades in this short clip you see up here doing bad ass shit for themselves and their families. really proud and honored to be apart of this community. 

please share and donate if you are able to.

a goal of $3000, with 30 days to go!

y’all can get a glimpse of me as well as Ramon and Jessica but holy hell this is a bad ass film so please donate if you can. 

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Yo me acuerdo

The utter discord of stepping into a different world when immigrating here. The language, the fear, the paranoia, the isolation, the taking so much shit to get by. 

I think about how far my mother has come in since we’ve been here. From only having the clothes on our back and sleeping on floors to being in a freakin house with a car. 

The other day Luna mentioned that Karen sometimes gets worked up about their past and she doesn’t understand why (though she recognizes it’s because Karen remembers andd Luna can’t)

But I get that. Not as much as Karen(WHO ALSO JUST FILED HER DREAM ACT PAPERS AND CAN GO TO CP IN THE SPRING HELL YES), of course not. 

but I just think about how having a thin blanket over wooden floor was my bed and I considered that a luxury as a six year old, and how the clothes I wore were paid for by other people and wondering, wondering when things will make sense again and your mother will stop crying. And knowing I couldn’t report JD’s actions bc we couldn’t survive without his mother bc we could only make the rent for a one bedroom apt with her. 

To having my own room with a bed and a blanket (that I got to pick out!), and my sister having a bed that meets her needs. 

and you know it’s bc of your parents’ hard work, your own too (bc you’ve translated for your folks throughout all these times, worked whatever you could, and used your English and what you learn in school to find a good job, taking care of yo self so you can help take care of your fam, and most of all, you’ve seen everything happens as if it were a movie), dedication, and also the help you got along way (had it not been for JD and his mom, Mom’s friends in miami, we’d been homeless longer)  

But there are moments where it just hits you and you think /how/. 

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Origami Balloons

Ten paper balloons
Decorate my room
Each charmed with a lovely memory
That call upon a thousand more 

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