It gets better

Letters from the Other Side was the sleeper surprise. Who knew that a documentary could move one so much? This American production from 2005, treated a political issue with a lot of sensitivity. We get to hear the viewpoints of the people left behind in the immigration debate--the wives and the children in Mexico. With frankness and brutal honesty, people who have been relegated to the background become real again. Heather Courtney tells us the story that the American media won't. Using videos as a form of discourse, she transports images back and forth across the border because we don't allow labor to move freely. Family ties become so clear. We can feel the bonds. Mukul Khurana