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TRAFFICOMBO
Ecuador
Realities of Ecuadorian immigrants - those who left for the United States, and those who remained in Ecuador - in a country where there are towns with no people and empty houses, as well as towns with only women and children, where money sent by immigrants working in the United States is the second largest source of income after oil, where one can lose their life trying to obtain a U.S. visa, where a grandmother finds herself caring for all 15 of her grandchildren, and where a man has made 9 attempts to cross the border. Historians, experts and immigrants and their families discuss four aspects of immigration: The Journey to and from the United States, Money, Family and Culture. Ecuadorians have become so accustomed to these events that nothing can surprise them, not even the most implausible anecdote, laced with bits of fiction: a woman who wants so badly to travel to the States that she turns into a postal cardboard box; a girl who must act as a mother and guardian to the rest of the children in the family; a farewell to a friend leaving for the United States, a youth who had it all and gave it up for the promise of the "American Dream," and the strange result of smuggled culture, where the influx of icons, language, money and other elements sent or brought back from the North have mixed with local culture, producing a hybrid culture that has greatly impacted the way Ecuadorians live and view the world DIR Pedro Andrade Polo, Ecuador, 2004, 40 min.
About the Film Director: Pedro Andrade Polo
Producer: Pedro Andrade, Rebeca Alvear
Release year: 2004
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 40 min
Plot: Realities of Ecuadorian immigrants - those who left for the United States, and those who remained in Ecuador - in a country where there are towns with no people and empty houses, as well as towns with only women and children, where money sent by immigrants working in the United States is the second largest source of income after oil, where one can lose their life trying to obtain a U.S. visa, where a grandmother finds herself caring for all 15 of her grandchildren, and where a man has made 9 attempts to cross the border. Historians, experts and immigrants and their families discuss four aspects of immigration: The Journey to and from the United States, Money, Family and Culture. Ecuadorians have become so accustomed to these events that nothing can surprise them, not even the most implausible anecdote, laced with bits of fiction: a woman who wants so badly to travel to the States that she turns into a postal cardboard box; a girl who must act as a mother and guardian to the rest of the children in the family; a farewell to a friend leaving for the United States, a youth who had it all and gave it up for the promise of the "American Dream," and the strange result of smuggled culture, where the influx of icons, language, money and other elements sent or brought back from the North have mixed with local culture, producing a hybrid culture that has greatly impacted the way Ecuadorians live and view the world.
About the Film Director: Pedro Andrade Polo
Producer: Pedro Andrade, Rebeca Alvear
Release year: 2004
Genre: Documentary
Running time: 40 min
Plot: Realities of Ecuadorian immigrants - those who left for the United States, and those who remained in Ecuador - in a country where there are towns with no people and empty houses, as well as towns with only women and children, where money sent by immigrants working in the United States is the second largest source of income after oil, where one can lose their life trying to obtain a U.S. visa, where a grandmother finds herself caring for all 15 of her grandchildren, and where a man has made 9 attempts to cross the border. Historians, experts and immigrants and their families discuss four aspects of immigration: The Journey to and from the United States, Money, Family and Culture. Ecuadorians have become so accustomed to these events that nothing can surprise them, not even the most implausible anecdote, laced with bits of fiction: a woman who wants so badly to travel to the States that she turns into a postal cardboard box; a girl who must act as a mother and guardian to the rest of the children in the family; a farewell to a friend leaving for the United States, a youth who had it all and gave it up for the promise of the "American Dream," and the strange result of smuggled culture, where the influx of icons, language, money and other elements sent or brought back from the North have mixed with local culture, producing a hybrid culture that has greatly impacted the way Ecuadorians live and view the world.