Yonatan Mosquera was an activist in his home country, Colombia, from where he fled in his early twenties. Today, whilst receiving xenophobia from British police, he campaigns for Iraq, Cuba, Palestine, the working class but mainly Colombia. And he tries to educate new and future activists. Elle McHale […]
Migrants
Migrant children in the jungle
In the last four years the number of children and adolescents who crossed the Darien jungle, in the border province of Panama, multiplied by more than 15. According to the regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), since 2017, the number […]
What is a Latin American, exactly?
What is a Latino (Latin American), exactly? Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. seem alarmed suddenly by their inability to answer that question. Darrin Burgess All they know is that people of Latin American descent turned out in a tidal wave for 2020 year’s election. Their numbers accounted […]
A taxi-ride through the life of an immigrant
An intimate portrait of emigration and return. Propelled by the hopelessness of his prospects during the fascist period in Portugal, a man finds the motivation to leave. 20 years later he returns to a democratic country, and his personal history continues unfolding drawing in the lessons and reflections he has accumulated.
Yoon II: politics, prejudices and forgotten links
The Mediterranean has two shores and while the EU polices it like a moat to keep out ‘undesirables’, the film-makers point to the long-lasting connections between Europe and North Africa. People risk their lives to cross for universally understandable reasons, yet their courage is not valued. Mbaye Sou’s life questions […]