nineten
04-16-2008, 10:28 AM
"Paraíso Travel:" A love odyssey at Tribeca Film Fest
..............“I wanted to show the authentic and legitimate reality of what happens on the border,” says director Simon Brand, adding that his goal was “to deal with the issue of immigration but without politics, without pointing the finger at anyone.”......................
.............Brand, who was born in Colombia, says the movie shows that the price of a better life in the U.S. is sometimes brutally high. In one terrifying scene, people struggle to reach American soil only to end up robbed, raped or killed.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/04/16/2008-04-16_paraso_travel_a_love_odyssey_at_tribeca_.html
..............“I wanted to show the authentic and legitimate reality of what happens on the border,” says director Simon Brand, adding that his goal was “to deal with the issue of immigration but without politics, without pointing the finger at anyone.”......................
.............Brand, who was born in Colombia, says the movie shows that the price of a better life in the U.S. is sometimes brutally high. In one terrifying scene, people struggle to reach American soil only to end up robbed, raped or killed.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2008/04/16/2008-04-16_paraso_travel_a_love_odyssey_at_tribeca_.html