New Film Boosts Immigration Fight
By Associated Press, Santa Fe New Mexican
WASHINGTON — The immigration overhaul pending before Congress is picking up more high-profile support as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, bankrolls a new documentary to promote the effort, directed by Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim.
Guggenheim directed Al Gore’s film on global warming, An Inconvenient Truth, and 2010’s Waiting for Superman, on the wretched state of the nation’s public schools.
His new effort, The Dream is Now, tells the stories of immigrant youths here illegally who are eager to succeed in America but can’t because they lack legal status.
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[Photo screenshot from The Dream Is Now]