May 5th 2009

The Struggle of Illegal Immigrants

GOLDEN VENTURE – a documentary by Peter Cohn 2006 (70 min)

“We feel for these immigrants, we want them to stay and find satisfying lives here…”

The Golden Venture is an immigrant smuggling ship that ran aground near New York City in 1993. The film follows the fate of the passengers who had paid thousands of dollars to leave China for what they thought would be a golden future in the US. Their fate gets entangled with the confusing objectives of US immigration policy, which is set in stark contrast with the heartwarming concern of everyday US citizens.