Bethel students work with Guatemalans to produce documentary on hardships of immigration

Mardoqueo Racuch with his daughter Rocio in the highlands of Guatemala. Racuch has unsuccessfully tried to immigrate to the United States, and wants to try again to provide for his family. A student-led documentary sharing the stories of the attempts of three men to cross from Mexico into the United States is set to premiere Thursday at Bethel University in Arden Hills.

“Border of Dreams,” produced by students at Bethel and Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala City, seeks to reframe the issue of immigration by focusing on the experiences of those who have tried to cross the southern U.S. border.

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