<I>Refugees in Our Backyard</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1990
name: label: Directed by
content: Georges Nahitchevansky
label: Directed by
content: Helena Pollack Sultan
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary film with the title Refugees in Our Back Yard. It consists of two (2) reels of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The documentary explores the controversies surrounding mass migration of undocumented Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Nicaraguans into the United States in the late 20th century. It touches on issues such as the impact of civil unrest in Central America; dangers undocumented migrants face on their journey; the policies of the U.S. State Department as well as some of the challenges undocumented migrants face while living in the U.S.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: El Salvador, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Guatemala, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Nicaragua, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Humanitarianism
label: Topic
content: Immigration
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Politics
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.102.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 26 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 950 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 31 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1100 Feet