40 Years of Radical Media

FEATURED WORK 2005 11 minutes Color
Rising Up: the Alams
Rising Up: the Alams
By Konrad Aderer Produced by Third World Newsreel

As part of the Homeland security measures, immigrant men from 25, mostly Muslim countries were required to enroll in a Special Registration program. The result: no evidence of terror, but some 13,000 people are now being deported mostly for expired visas. The Alams were among the many families who believed that voluntarily participating in the Special Registration would show their loyalty. Instead, they face the prospect of breaking up their family, despite a decade of hard work and the raising of two children. Working with DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), the Queens South Asian activist group, the Alams have become activists, organizing to fight for their right to stay.

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SCREENINGS
MNN's digital Garden Summer Series, 2007 International Rescue Committee, Baltimore, 2007 The Social Justice Center, Prisoners' Justice Film Festival 2006
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