Latino Immigrants in Action
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The Latino Immigrants in Action, a grassroots immigrant rights organization based in East Austin, will screen Austin filmmaker Heather Courtney’s documentary Los Trabajadores/The Workers. Winner of an Audience Award at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, The Workers follows a year in the lives of two of Austin’s immigrant day laborers. Through the words and stories of the workers, the film examines the misperceptions and contradictions inherent in America’s treatment of its immigrants. Donations from $5 to $20 will be accepted at the door; funds raised will go to help pay for a group of Austin’s immigrant workers to travel to Washington, D.C., in order to participate in the national day of action for immigrants rights on September 25. For more info, call 474-2399.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.