Social & World Affairs

Gone with the Four Winds - Emigration Stories

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Locals of the village of Fondo Negro live scattered in all directions. Some decided to remain in the Dominican Republic, while most went to other countries in search of a better future but often returned home empty-handed. Regardless, all of them are united in their love for their families and origins.

The south-west of the Dominican Republic is a region that is particularly affected by the emigration of the local population. Since the 1980s, job migration has been one of the region's most important sources of income, with those abroad sharing wages from afar with their loved ones who stayed behind. In Fondo Negro, people dream of emigration, prospects, and prosperity. In New York, Stuttgart, and Madrid, existential fears and loneliness haunt the emigrants. They often must rush from one insecure, exploitative job to the next, feeling the pain of slowly but steadily becoming distant strangers to their loved ones who stayed back home. We follow six special destinies: Some stayed in the village, others left and returned, others left forever. What connects them all: the love for their homeland and their families.

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Programme Details

DURATION
1 x 100'
AVAILABLE IN
HD
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
Spanish