Fleeing the Portuguese dictatorship with his family in 1965 shaped his desire to investigate the interior and exterior reality of emigration. He speaks about the shame of being forced to leave your roots for economic and political reasons. When politicians criminalize migrants, while permitting their exploitation, film must speak out. […]
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“Roots” … The Prisma series: We are all immigrants
In a global society characterised by the constant flow of people, the process of integration into another country brings many challenges. To emigrate and immigrate carries with it undue fighting, happiness, pain and circumstances in which you arrive at a place that is not your own. Marcella Via […]
Cecilia García, an Argentinian businesswoman in England
Despite creating two businesses in Argentina, she had to emigrate to Europe. Today, she lives in Reading with her husband and son, she goes to Argentina on holidays and her career is very important. Sonia Gumiel She is a 36 years old fashion designer and art graduate and […]
Media and immigration in the United Kingdom
Immigration is a complex issue, and it is the media which principally constructs the image of immigrants, and consolidates stereotypes. Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín The media is responsible for the promotion of significant attitudes and feelings like acceptance, tolerance and interest in other cultures. But the media […]
Reflections on identity and diversity
Identity implies a review, a discussion and the existence of certain symbolic factors reaching across the whole region – with all the implications that this discourse and this symbolism bring with them in terms of actions and collective activity programmes. Claudio Chipana A lot of emphasis has been […]
















