The 800 Mile Wall: Democrat puts down his marker for immigration reform

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Democrat puts down his marker for immigration reform

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October 13th, 2009, 5:20 pm · 24 Comments · posted by Dena Bunis, Washington Bureau Chief

Immigration Rally With a throng of Latinos chanting ‘Yes we can’ in English and Spanish in the shadow of the Capitol, Rep. Luis Gutierrez laid down his marker for a comprehensive immigration reform bill he’s expected to introduce before year’s end.

Gutierrez, D-Ill., is the biggest champion in the House for a broad-based bill that includes legalizing the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants now living in the United States. He capped off a string of speakers organized by Reform Immigration FOR America, a group created to try and get a measure passed during this Congress after the failures in 2006 and 2007.

Immigration Rally “Justice for immigrants is today’s civil rights struggle,” said Gutierrez, who made it clear to the cheering crowd that they have their work cut out for them. “We have a Congress to persuade. We have a president to convince. We have justice to deliver.”

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John Carlos Frey - Director is a native of Mexico. His directorial debut, “The Gatekeeper,” garnered ten national and international film festival awards. As well as critical acclaim, “The Gatekeeper” has been recognized by Amnesty International, The Anti Defamation League, Human Rights Watch, National Immigration Forum, National Center for Farmworker Health, The League of United Latin American Citizens, The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), The Joan B. Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice as well as the Hispanic Congressional Caucus in Washington, D.C. for it’s realistic depiction of illegal immigration in the United States. Through his work, Mr. Frey has advocated on behalf of the underserved in America. He has been invited to share his expertise all over the country as well as Mexico, Central and South America. Some speaking venues include, U.S. Congress, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Georgetown, Notre Dame, UCLA and USC to name a few.

In 2006 Mr. Frey completed “The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon” which is an in depth look at migrant life in wealthy southern California. He spent over a year visiting and living amongst the Mexican migrants of Deer Canyon that live outdoors in third world conditions. He traveled alone carrying all of his sound, camera and lighting equipment. Many of the migrants were initially reluctant to talk to Mr. Frey. As his trips to the canyon became more frequent, the migrants began to trust and invite him into their homes for a personal look at their lives. In 2007 Mr. Frey completed the follow up film to “Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon” entitled, "The Invisible Chapel" and in 2007 completed "One Border One Body," documenting the annual Day of the Dead Mass celebrated on the border between El Paso, TX and Juarez, MX.

Jack Lorenz - Producer started his career in the film business in the late 1980’s working for Roger Corman. He worked on several low budget features before being hired by Vestron Pictures as Vice President of Production working on films such as "The Rainbow" starring Glenda Jackson and "Midnight Crossing" starring Faye Dunaway. He also worked extensively in Europe and Asia during that time. In 1991 he was hired by the Walt Disney Studios to help run the production arm of Buena Vista Pictures. While there he supervised the production of approximately twelve films.

After Buena Vista Lorenz became an independent producer working with Linda Lavin at Big Deal Inc. where he produced the critically acclaimed cable film "The Rose Garden" starring Mary Tyler Moore and Linda Lavin. The film was the highest rated film ever on the ABC Family Channel.

In 1995 Lorenz was hired by Peter Guber to run the production arm of his new entity, Mandalay Entertainment. While there was responsible for the production of twenty feature films and television movies. Among the more successful were, "Donnie Brasco", starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino, "Seven Years in Tibet", starring Brad Pitt, and "I Know What You Did Last Summer".

In late 1999 Lorenz retuned to independent producing with "Vampires Los Muertos", starring Diego Luna and Jon Bon Jovi for Screen Gems as well as the self financed and distributed,"The Gatekeeper", which became a critical and film festival success, winning 9 best pictures awards at film festivals across the country. Since then he has collaborated with director John Carlos Frey on The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon, The Invisible Chapel, One Border-One Body and their most recent film, The 800 Mile Wall.

Jack graduated from California State University with a degree in Theatre History, he lives in Los Angeles.

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