Discussion questions for an immigrant audience

Note: It’s a good idea to have an experienced facilitator to lead the discussion, who can lay down ground rules for respecting each others’ comments and privacy, and who can keep the discussion on track.

• Are any of the personal stories in the film close to your own personal experience? How? How have they been different? What challenges do you and your family have in common with the people you saw in “Los Trabajadores” and how are they different?
• What are some ways you cope with being separated from your families?
• What are some obstacles you have faced as an immigrant in the United States? How were you able to overcome them?
• As a worker, have you participated in organizing for your rights? If so, what issues did you organize around? If not, why not? What were some obstacles to organizing?
• What are your hopes for the future?

Source: Many of the questions above were taken from the La Cuidad Discussion Leader's Guide, published by the Independent Television Service (ITVS).

 

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