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Anatomy of a Springroll

One man’s journey to blend the traditions of his family’s culture with his adopted American life.

April 2008 (check local listings)

  • GLVO105
Carmen Meets Borat Director Mercedes Stalenhoef follows the life of 17-year-old Carmen. 
  • GLVO318
Made in L.A./The First Kid to Learn English from Mexico

The Emmy Award-winning feature documentary follows three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops.

  • GLVO321
Maid in America

Maid in America explores the many roles of undocumented workers who came to America in search of a better life.

  • GLVO319
Maquilapolis

Women workers in Tijuana's assembly factories tell their stories, revealing the transformation of a city and its people by globalization. 

  • GLVO320
Paper Words/Point of Entry

Five-year-old Mai is newly arrived from China and placed in a kindergarten classroom in a small, Midwestern town. Carlos is an illegal immigrant living in the United States with his wife and two children. 

  • GLVO322
Revolucion

This documentary tells the story of five Cuban photographers whose lives and work span more than four decades.

September 2009 (check local listings)

  • GLVO226
The Dictator Hunter

A survivor of Chadian dictator Hissène Habré's torture and the American son of a Holocaust survivor fight to bring Habré to justice.

April 2009 (check local listings)

  • GLVO201
The New Americans

This miniseries follows new immigrants and refugees — from Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, the West Bank and Mexico — as they travel from their homelands to the United States.

June-July 2009 (check local listings)

  • GLVO
Shaolin Ulysses: Kungfu Monks in America

This film follows a handful of Shaolin monks who have brought the style to America, chronicling their adventures in New York City, Houston and Las Vegas.

April 2008 (check local listings)

 

  • Original10/28/2003
  • GLVO103
T-Shirt Travels Filmmaker Shantha Bloemen secondhand clothing donated as charity in the western world that eventually lands in Zambia, and the devastating effect these clothing donations have on the communities that receive them.

May 2008 (check local listings )
  • Original3/23/2004
  • GLVO110

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Announcement Release

Press Contacts

Archer Neilson

Independent Television Service (ITVS)

Voleine Amilcar

ITVS

Mary Lugo

CaraMar Publicity

Cara White

CaraMar Publicity