Farmingville (2003)

Farmingville (2003)
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Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini direct Farmingville, a documentary about a suburban community torn apart by illegal immigration. In 2000, a conflict erupted resulting in the deaths of two Mexican workers at the hands of white men. The next year, Sandoval -- a former New York lawyer with no filmmaking experience -- moved to the Farmingville area of Long Island to make the film. He and Tambini attempt to present both sides of the issue in order to make a balanced argument. Farmingville is home to both wealthy home owners and immigrant day laborers, and each side has its share of activists. Farmingville was part of the documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival before receiving a broadcast premiere on the PBS series P.O.V. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

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Director(s):
Catherine TambiniCarlos Sandoval, (more)
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Synopsis of Farmingville

Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini direct Farmingville, a documentary about a suburban community torn apart by illegal immigration. In 2000, a conflict erupted resulting in the deaths of two Mexican workers at the hands of white men. The next year, Sandoval -- a former New York lawyer with no filmmaking experience -- moved to the Farmingville area of Long Island to make the film. He and Tambini attempt to present both sides of the issue in order to make a balanced argument. Farmingville is home to both wealthy home owners and immigrant day laborers, and each side has its share of activists. Farmingville was part of the documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival before receiving a broadcast premiere on the PBS series P.O.V. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
78 mins
Director(s):
Catherine TambiniCarlos Sandoval
Writer(s):
Carlos Sandoval
Producer(s):
Catherine TambiniCarlos Sandoval
Categories:
DocumentarySpecial Interest
Farmingville Awards:
  • 2004 - Sundance Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
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Larry R.

A great movie. Presents both sides. Time is the greatest healer. People adapt or move on.

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John S.

Engrossing...Mexicans come to Farmingville, NY in late 1990's because their are plenty of agricultural and construction jobs on Long Island, NY...locals rent homes to the Mexicans (sometimes 30 to a house)...the locals see their quiet, small town change almost overnight.... The Send 'em back to Mexico crowd gains national assistance....the There Must be A Better Way crowd helps the immigrants and the Politicians grapple with this dilemma... extrmely well done documentary depicting both sides of the issue... 10 years later our country still struggles witgh this issue... highly recommend this film to groups looking for an honest attempt to provide a real life framework for discusiion and thinking about illegal immigration...

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James V.

A model documentary, POV: FARMINGVILLE shows both sides (and the middle) of the immigrant problem that came to this Long Island community a decade back and has spawned an entire circus--attempted murder, arson, protests, media headlines & community division--ever since. Although it was made two years ago, it remains timely and worth seeing and thinking about. Illegal aliens joining America's work force (often because other Americans will not do the job that illegals are more than willing to tackle) is growing and continues to pose problems that our elected officials, right up to and including our current crummy (and that's a euphemism) President, would rather avoid addressing. Fortunately this pair of documentarians--Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval--are happy to plop us in the middle of it all and let us work it out. I suspect this film will remain timely for a long, long while.

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