From the Other Side

Chantal Akerman

Sometimes poor people, risking their very lives, leave everything behind in an attempt to survive, to find work elsewhere. Here “elsewhere” is the US and the poor are mostly Mexicans. The INS has managed to quell the flow of illegal immigrants, deporting them to isolated regions of Arizona, thinking that hardships and dangers will stop them altogether. But you can’t stop someone who’s hungry. Although you can fear him. Fear the other, fear his filth, fear the disease he may be bringing in. Fear invasion. But never fear to kill him.