The Other Side of Immigration

The Other Side of Immigration
Movie poster
Directed byRoy Germano
Produced byRoy Germano
Edited byRoy Germano
Music byMy Morning Jacket
Bright Eyes
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
Production
company
Roy Germano Films
Distributed byTeam Love Records
Release dates
  • April 2009 (2009-04) (Las Vegas International Film Festival)[1]
  • October 25, 2010 (2010-10-25) (DVD)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages

The Other Side of Immigration is a 2009 documentary film directed by Roy Germano. It explores why so many people leave the Mexican countryside to work in the United States and what happens to the families and communities they leave behind. The film is based on Germano's interviews with over 700 households in Mexico, which he carried out while doing Ph.D. research on remittances at the University of Texas at Austin.[2][3][4] The Other Side of Immigration was distributed on DVD by Team Love Records, a company founded by musician Conor Oberst.[5] On September 6, 2019, Roy Germano and Team Love released The Other Side of Immigration in full on Germano's YouTube channel.[6] Roy Germano teaches International Relations at New York University and is the author of a book about remittances called Outsourcing Welfare.[7][8][9] Germano is also a Senior Research Scholar at the New York University School of Law.[10]

  1. ^ "The Other Side of Immigration – Team Love Records - New Paltz, NY". www.team-love.com. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. ^ Edwards, Lauren. "Student's Work Leads to Insights on Immigrants — and a Documentary Film". University of Texas. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  3. ^ Sinn, Jessica. "'The Other Side of Immigration': Q&A with documentary filmmaker". University of Texas. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  4. ^ "Another Side of Immigration". The Economist. April 24, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  5. ^ "Conor Oberst's Team Love to Distribute Immigration Documentary". TwentyFourBit. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  6. ^ The Other Side of Immigration | 55 min | Full Movie with English Subtitles, retrieved 2019-11-08
  7. ^ Semple, Kirk (April 25, 2020). "Economic Freeze Cuts Remittances, a Lifeline for Migrants' Families". New York Times. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. ^ Garsd, Jasmine (30 November 2020). "Pandemic remittances have rebounded. Can that last?". Marketplace. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  9. ^ Cooper, Richard N. (November 2018). "Capsule Review: Outsourcing Welfare: How the Money Immigrants Send Home Contributes to Stability in Developing Countries". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  10. ^ Beras, Erika (2 September 2020). "Remittances to some Latin American countries are booming". Marketplace. Retrieved 10 September 2020.