Vanishing Borders Explained

Vanishing Borders
Director:Alexandra Hidalgo
Producer:Shanele Alvarez, Alexandra Hidalgo
Music:Ricardo Lorenz
Cinematography:Shanele Alvarez
Editing:Alexandra Hidalgo
Country:United States
Language:English

Vanishing Borders is a 2014 American documentary film written, directed, and produced by Alexandra Hidalgo.[1] The film was screened at the All Lights India International Film Festival, Glendale International Film Festival and Commffest, Toronto.[2]

Plot

The film tells the stories of four immigrant women — Teboho Moja, Melainie Rogers, Daphnie Sicre and Yatna Vakharia — living in New York City and improving their communities with their work and activism to celebrate the ways in which immigration can transform not only those who immigrate but the places to which they move.[3]

Teboho Moja is a South African professor of higher education, who worked in the anti-apartheid movement.[4]

Melainie Rogers is an Australian nutritionist whose private practice hires primarily women.

Daphnie Sicre is a Latina raised in Spain, who is an activist and a Ph.D. candidate in educational theater.

Yatna Vakharia is an Indian mother of two and school volunteer, who began attending college when her children became teenagers.

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NEW DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES IMMIGRATION FROM A WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE. MSU Today. November 17, 2014. Michigan State University. April 14, 2020.
    - Web site: Film screening highlights immigrants' positive impact. Purdue University News. October 10, 2016. April 14, 2020.
  2. Web site: VANISHING BORDERS. All Lights India International Film Festival. April 14, 2020.
    - Web site: International Film Festival Returns to Glendale. El Vaquero. Sheron Page. September 29, 2016. April 14, 2020.
  3. Web site: A new documentary explores immigration from a woman's perspective. Michigan Radio. December 8, 2014 . April 14, 2020.
  4. Web site: Vanishing Borders: An MSU Documentary Collaboration. Michigan State University. April 14, 2020. March 13, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150313024920/http://www.cal.msu.edu/about/deans-corner/2014/nove/. dead.
  5. Web site: Fall 2016 Winners. Docs Without Borders Film Festival. April 14, 2020.
  6. Web site: WINNERS 2016. International Film Festivalaccess-date=April 14, 2020.

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