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Documentaries and the Law: Student Videos
Immigration Videos
Notarios Notorios (Notorious Notarios)
Rachel J. Wechsler, J.D. 2009 & Alexis Sclamberg, J.D. 2009
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A notary public in America is not the equivalent of a notario publico in Spanish-speaking countries like Mexico. A notary public is not a lawyer and is not authorized by the state to give legal advice or provide legal services. This video, which is in Spanish and English, is intended to assist consumers in avoiding confusion between notaries and notarios when seeking legal help with immigration matters.
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American Dream Shattered
Wei Guo, J.D. 2009, Yin Wu, J.D. 2008 & Yuting Wu, J.D. 2008
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This video, which is in Mandarin with Chinese subtitles, tells the story of an immigrant who loses her money and important papers when she seeks assistance from someone who falsely claims to be a lawyer or legal advisor.
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Tips on Protecting Yourself When You Hire an Immigration Lawyer or Legal Advisor
Visual Legal Advocacy Project of the Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law
Cantonese
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Fuzhou
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These videos supplement American Dream Shattered. They offer information useful to anyone in Pennsylvania seeking competent, state-authorized legal assistance with an immigration matter. One video is in Cantonese and English with Simplified Chinese subtitles; it features attorney Tsiwen M. Law, Esquire. The second video is in Fuzhou and English with Simplified Chinese subtitles; it features attorney Elaine Y. Cheung, Esquire.
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Shmul Kaplan
A documentary short by Michael Wong, Penn Law Class of 2009, co-producer and co-director.
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After living most of his life in Kazakhstan, Shmul Kaplan, a 70-year-old disabled Jewish survivor of the Nazi invasion of the Ukraine, applied successfully for asylum and began down the path to American citizenship. The journey was a long and arduous one because of protracted delays in the naturalization process. After seven years of waiting to become a citizen, Mr. Kaplan lost the SSI benefits on which he depended because of a time limitation in the law. He hung on for as long as he could by living on food stamps and $215 a month. Then he became the named plaintiff in a class action lawsuit brought against the U.S. Government. See how this courageous man helped himself and others realize their American Dreams.
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The Sugiarto Family Deferred Action Application
Margie Smith, Karen Yamada, J.D. 2008 & Anne-Sophie Ract, LL.M. 2008
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The Sugiartos are ethnic Chinese Catholics who left Indonesia in the wake of the anti-Chinese riots of 1998. In this country, the parents were able to practice their religion and to raise their two young daughters in an environment free of ethnic and religious discrimination. They became deeply involved in their local church and the school their daughters attended. They applied for asylum, but their request was denied. Deportation seemed imminent. They then sought deferred action. This video was made in support of that application.
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General Videos
Center for Culinary Enterprises: A Recipe for Economic Development
Sam Albright, J.D. 2009 & Rufus Caine, J.D. expected 2010
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The Center for Culinary Enterprises of the Enterprise Center CDC of West Philadelphia enlisted the assistance of Penn Law's Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, directed by Practice Professor Parveen Kosuri, in converting a former supermarket site at 48th and Spruce Streets into a fully-licensed community commercial kitchen, a sustainable foods café, and restaurant/school to teach community youth how to run a food-service business. A positive aspect of the kitchen, from a community economic development point of view, is that it will in turn be an incubator for other small food-related businesses, such as bakers, caterers, and product wholesalers.
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Children Given One Strike: A Lifetime Without Redemption
Wendell F. Holland, II, J.D. expected 2010 & Nicole Samuels, J.D. expected 2010
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This video deals with the issue of sentencing juveniles to life without possibility of parole (JLWOP). Pennsylvania has more juvenile lifers in its prisons than any other state. The video features interviews with anti-JLWOP activist Anita Colon, whose brother is serving a life sentence, Philadelphia Public Defender Bradley Bridge, Esq., and Temple University Psychology Professor Dr. Laurence Steinberg. Relying on reasoning such as that invoked by the United States Supreme Court in outlawing the death penalty for juveniles, Colon and Bridge urge citizens to contact their elected officials about changing the law.
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Imagining Sadie
Haley Goldman, J.D. 2009, B.B. Liu, J.D. 2008 & Melissa Mao, J.D. 2009
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“Imagining Sadie” tells the story of Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander as she exists in the imaginations of students attending the Penn Alexander Partnership School which is located in West Philadelphia, not too far from the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Alexander was the first black female graduate of Penn Law School, as well as the first black woman in America to receive a Ph.D. in economics (also from Penn). With song, drawings, and commentary, the students of the school bearing her name reveal how mightily Sadie Alexander’s example impacts their goals and self-image.
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"A Done Deal?" Casinos in Philadelphia
Corinne Militello, J.D. 2007
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Following the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's decision to site two
slots-parlor casinos on the Delaware River in Philadelphia, community groups and city politicians joined together to support a change in city
zoning regulations that would establish a 1500-foot buffer zone around
the proposed casinos. Many residents were disappointed in what they
perceived to be the lack of public input into the controversial siting
decision, and saw the proposed zoning regulation as a way to retain
control over the future of development in their neighborhoods. "A Done
Deal?" by Corinne Militello explores this controversy through an
analysis of the legal mechanisms available to citizens and through
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