Vanishing Borders

Vanishing Borders is a 2014 American documentary film written, directed, and produced by Alexandra Hidalgo.[1] The film was screened at the All Lights India International Film Festival, Glendale International Film Festival and Commffest, Toronto.[2]

Vanishing Borders
Film poster
Directed byAlexandra Hidalgo
Written byAlexandra Hidalgo
Produced byShanele Alvarez, Alexandra Hidalgo
Starring
  • Teboho Moja
  • Melainie Rogers
  • Daphnie Sicre
  • Yatna Vakharia
CinematographyShanele Alvarez
Edited byAlexandra Hidalgo
Music byRicardo Lorenz
Release date
  • February 14, 2014 (2014-02-14)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The film tells the stories of four immigrant women — Teboho Moja, Melainie Rogers, Daphnie Sicre and Yatna Vakharia — living in New York City and improving their communities with their work and activism to celebrate the ways in which immigration can transform not only those who immigrate but the places to which they move.[3]

Teboho Moja is a South African professor of higher education, who worked in the anti-apartheid movement.[4]

Melainie Rogers is an Australian nutritionist whose private practice hires primarily women.

Daphnie Sicre is a Latina raised in Spain, who is an activist and a Ph.D. candidate in educational theater.

Yatna Vakharia is an Indian mother of two and school volunteer, who began attending college when her children became teenagers.

Awards
  • Won - Kudos Endeavor Award for Human Spirit Feature at the Docs Without Borders Film Festival, 2016[5]
  • Won - International Award of Excellence at the International Film Festival For Environment, Health and Culture, 2016[6]

References
  1. "NEW DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES IMMIGRATION FROM A WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE". MSU Today. Michigan State University. November 17, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
    - "Film screening highlights immigrants' positive impact". Purdue University News. October 10, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  2. "VANISHING BORDERS". All Lights India International Film Festival. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
    - Sheron Page (September 29, 2016). "International Film Festival Returns to Glendale". El Vaquero. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  3. "A new documentary explores immigration from a woman's perspective". Michigan Radio. December 8, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  4. "Vanishing Borders: An MSU Documentary Collaboration". Michigan State University. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  5. "Fall 2016 Winners". Docs Without Borders Film Festival. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  6. "WINNERS 2016". International Film Festivalaccess-date=April 14, 2020.
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