Migrants Archives

Movies

Screen Grabs: A stricken hero fights for better healthcare in ‘Not Going Quietly’

Dennis Harvey - August 16, 2021

Plus a slew of affecting new docs on Barbara Lee, immigration tragedy, arthouse beginnings, and celebrity worship.

Art

In ‘Caravana,’ a flourishing of Central American art both political and inventive

Caitlin Donohue - March 22, 2021

SOMArts group show stretches from creation of Balmy Alley to rising artists inspired by regional heritage.

Movies

At Indiefest, director Rodrigo Reyes examines Mexico via time-traveling conquistador

Joshua Rotter - February 1, 2021

Oakland filmmaker's '499' asks, How do we make tragic history real?

News + Politics

Gay Chadian immigrant detained by ICE caught in asylum limbo

Peter-Astrid Kane - November 12, 2019

In its ongoing quest to bring virtually all immigration to a halt (and monetize global strife), the Trump administration proposed last week raising the citizenship...

Onstage

Dan Hoyle’s border-crossing art of empathy

Karen Macklin - July 17, 2019

ONSTAGE Bay Area writer-performer Dan Hoyle, with his smart and poignant brand of journalistic theater, is at it again with his latest solo show, Border...

News + Politics

People in cages, Earth under attack in occupied colonial land

Tiny - June 24, 2019

"I’m not sure where they are taking us, but I am praying it is safe.” Marta sat in the back of the Greyhound bus near...

News + Politics

Trans women from the migrant caravan need SF sponsors

Marke B. - December 21, 2018

Transgender and other LGBTQ people who joined the migrant caravan to the US border seeking asylum are having a hard time finding sponsors to...

News + Politics

Special Report: Scenes from the migrant caravan in Tijuana, part 2

Fabian Fernandez, Levi Vonk, Seth M. Holmes. - December 7, 2018

Read part 1 of our coverage here. Three days ago, anthropologists Seth M. Holmes, Fabian Fernandez, and Levi Vonk returned to UC Berkeley after meeting...

News + Politics

Special Report: Scenes from the migrant caravan in Tijuana, part 1

Fabian Fernandez, Levi Vonk, Seth M. Holmes. - December 5, 2018

Three days ago, anthropologists Seth M. Holmes, Fabian Fernandez, and Levi Vonk returned to UC Berkeley after meeting the migrant caravan in Tijuana. During...

Opinion

OPINION: Cannabis is not a threat to our neighborhoods

Hillary Ronen - November 7, 2017

It feels as if in the last few months, the dominant narrative at City Hall has been that cannabis small business are somehow innately...

Tagged with: Migrants

Screen Grabs: A stricken hero fights for better healthcare in ‘Not Going Quietly’

In ‘Caravana,’ a flourishing of Central American art both political and inventive

At Indiefest, director Rodrigo Reyes examines Mexico via time-traveling conquistador

Gay Chadian immigrant detained by ICE caught in asylum limbo

Dan Hoyle’s border-crossing art of empathy

People in cages, Earth under attack in occupied colonial land

Trans women from the migrant caravan need SF sponsors

Special Report: Scenes from the migrant caravan in Tijuana, part 2

Special Report: Scenes from the migrant caravan in Tijuana, part 1

OPINION: Cannabis is not a threat to our neighborhoods

News

Politics

Arts

Culture