San Francisco's
Mission Dolores marks the first permanent settlement of immigration in
the Bay Area.
In 1776, while
America's founding fathers were declaring independence, Spanish soldiers
pushed Spain's colonial frontier in North America to its northernmost limits.
Calles de Dolores
looks at that Hispanic legacy through the eyes of the jornaleros ~~ the undocumented workers who line the streets of San Francisco's "Mission" district in search of day labor.
The film also
includes comments and observations by Renee Saucedo who is the director
of The San Francisco Day Labor Program and Staff Counsel at La Raza Centro
Legal; Father Oscar Mendez-- the pastor at Saint Anthony's Church on Cesar
Chavez street and director of a homeless shelter that caters to these men;
and Nicholas Rizza--former director of The National Refugee Office of Amnesty
International.
For information about this film you can contact the makers.
Michael Cozzi --- mike@sapoyrana.net
or
Jelani Mahiri --- jkmahiri@yahoo.com
