RIGHTS ON THE LINE:
Vigilantes at the Border
New from AFSC on DVD and VHS
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RIGHTS ON THE LINE offers a provocative look at the growing role of armed vigilante groups and their attempts to play on anti-immigration scapegoating. Filmed by legal observers and human rights activists at the US-Mexico border, this new video has just been produced by AFSC, in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union and WITNESS, a group using video activism to defend human rights.
The growth of vigilante activity at the United States' southern border – and beyond – is the latest development sparked by the growing militarization of the border, as well as the criminalization of undocumented immigrants. Marked increases in the presence of the Border Patrol and other law-enforcement agencies have now spilled over into the formation of paramilitary groups such as the "Minuteman Project," whose activities in the Arizona desert are documented in RIGHTS ON THE LINE.
Developed as a tool for community education and human rights advocacy, RIGHTS ON THE LINE explores the true nature of the vigilante movement, contrasting their media-savvy public message with the reality of their night-time raids against border crossers and threatening posture toward border communities. This 25-minute video includes interviews with border residents, border crossers, human rights activists, and members of the Minuteman Project themselves. (The DVD also includes a 12-minute abridged version and a 4-minute trailer.)
RIGHTS ON THE LINE is now available on DVD and VHS, in both English and Spanish, from AFSC's Online Store. Background information on the issue, suggestions for taking action, and listings of helpful organizations are available in this companion guide. For more information, please contact ProjectVoice@afsc.org.
Those planning programs on immigrant rights may also be interested in AFSC's documentary video, Echando Raices/Taking Root: Immigrant and Refugee Communities in California, Texas, and Iowa.
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