An artful, useful documentary for Spanish community service learning: America First
by Ann Abbott The day before Thanksgiving break, I wanted to show a documentary in my Spanish in the Community course. It's relaxing to sit back and watch a film, and it also complements the perspective that my students have formed throughout the semester in our local community. I chose "America First: El legado de una redada migratoria" by Univision because it covered a topic we hadn't really hit on yet --raids-- and because it extends students' local viewpoint to a regional, Midwestern perspective. What I didn't expect was the artistry of the film. The images, the contrasts, the camera work, I found myself drawn to the aesthetics of the film as well as the stories it told. You can see the documentary below (it is 42 minutes long, perfect for a 50-minute university class), and you can read the nice reflective essay that a student wrote about it. America First: El legado de una redada migratoria by Allison Flores El document