Immigration Through Film: The Fear of the Other
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Channel: UC Davis · 2010 · Education
Marion Kanemoto, a survivor of the Japanese internment camps and protagonist in the documentary "Children of the Camps," speaks during a spring 2010 freshman seminar taught by Spanish professor Robert Blake. The class prompted students to explore the issue of U.S. immigration as portrayed in U.S. films and as a function of this nation's fear of the other. The films, both dramas and comedies, touch on themes such as Ellis Island, border crossings, the metaphor of the American melting pot and deportation.
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