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Immigration Issues in Documentaries: A Twitter Chat with Theo Rigby, Director of ‘Sin País’

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Theo Rigby, the filmmaker behind the Student Academy Award-winning Sin País, will be on the #docchat Twitter chat next Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at 8 PM Eastern (5 PM Pacific), taking your questions about presenting immigration issues in documentaries.

Ask Theo a question by posting to Twitter with the hashtag #docchat.

Here is an overview of the #docchat event:

Immigration Issues in Documentaries

Theo Rigby

When: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 8-9 PM Eastern. If you can’t make it, you can send in your questions ahead of time using the hashtag #docchat or in a comment below.

Who: Theo Rigby, director of Sin País, will be our guest, tweeting from @theofilms. Adnaan Wasey of POV (@adnaanwasey) will be moderating from @povdocs.

How: To submit a question, send a tweet with the hashtag #docchat from an active Twitter account or leave a comment below if you don’t have an account. To follow the conversation, search the hashtag #docchat on Twitter or follow along at tweetchat.com. You can also bookmark this post and return on Wednesday, August 22, for a recap.

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POV (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented over 300 films to public television audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.
  • http://twitter.com/_JohannaSalazar Johanna Salazar

    Great platform. “9 Digits” will be there supporting!  #9digits

  • LEGAL1

    Liberals are weakening our Country, by making these kinds of films!  When a film-maker tries to tug at our heartstrings over a specific family’s immigration ordeal, which started out as an “illegal immigration”, it just sickens me!  Immigrate “legally”, and I don’t have a problem with it!  Why should I feel guilty about deporting people who shouldn’t be here in the first place?  If you have to sneek across the border, and enter a Country illegally, you HAVE to expect deportation!  “Sin Pais” is one such film!!!  I’m glad that the parents were sent back to Guatemala, even as their families were boo-hooing at the airport!  They got what they deserved for trying to game the system!!!  If anyone’s responsible for that family’s crisis, it’s the PARENTS!!!