Research Blog

The topic of my film is about how Dominican people live in the US without their father and only having the mother working both as mom and dad.  This issue happens not only to Dominicans but to many people living in the US. I recently surveyed my Mediastorm class and 9 of the students in class out of the 27 live with their fathers.  That is only 1 in 3.  The problem is very common and I was actually surprised that there was that many.    

I don't have connection to this topic because even though I'm Dominican, I have lived with my parents here in the US and had never been separated from them yet. But I know people that do live with both their mother and father and have been separated from one or the other.  My interest in this topic is to find out how immigrants are doing so far in the US.

The research questions we will be exploring in this film:

• How many children do not live with both their parents in the US?
• How does immigration laws affected most immigrant children in the US?
• Is US immigration policy dividing families?

To Whom It May Concern from Mediastorm New Design on Vimeo.

Raw Footage from interview from Sion Papi Productions' Film To Whom It May Concern. The film explores United States immigration policy and the unintended consequence of separating families. The short documentary looks the life of New Design High School student Beandys De Los Santos and her families ordeal of living in the New York City while her father is in the Dominican Republic. This footage is from an interview with Beandys' sister. Film coming soon

Bad Feelings - Poem

The feeling that I have is a problem for you 

because I can't stop thinking about you

but that is why I keep waiting for you

every time I get rejected by you,

It is made so it cannot be in between 

but yet it changes by each and every scene

and by being in every of my dreams

it is not as different as it seems.

Film Review "To be heard"

To Be Heard: Trailer from Edwin Martinez on Vimeo.

The film is about three teens from the Bronx and it was filmed by Roland Legiardi-Laura. The movie took four years to make and it tells their stories of their lives, friendship,and future accomplishments and shows how an ordinary poetry class can psychologically change in them. Throughout their poetry the teens learn that struggling is just an experience that can change your point of view of what you going after your entire life.

Film Review "African Air"

Flying in a motorized paraglider over one of the most diverse continents in the world, George Steinmetz captures in his photographs the stunning beauty, potential and hope of Africa's landscapes and people. See the project at http://mediastorm.com/publication/african-air

This Film is about the beauties within Africa and how it's changed so much in a rather of time. Animal habitats such as The rain forest and lakes, has been cut down for human expansion and leaving animals without anywhere else to go. This video is also about how most African people are poor and sick, but shows how they survive the poorness with there ability to create methods to make their life easier. what I learned from this video is that Africa is an incredible place and its rich with beauty and wonder. We need to help save the environment so in later years from now we wont have to talk about Africa's beauty in the past tense.