Letters From The Other Side

"Letters from the Other Side" was a documentary that really pulled on the heart-strings. It made me feel like Mexico is a universe away from the United States, and separated by more than just political boundaries. The men moving away from their families seem to all have noble intentions, but when they reach America it seems like they all got side tracked and pulled into an alternative life they were able to find in the USA while they forget and leave their families to struggle back in Mexico.

The grass-route movement happening in Mexico was heart wrenching to watch. Mexico's women are trying to do everything they are educationally, physically, and fiscally able to do to help their families and stop the emigration of Mexican boys and men. It was inspiring to see how much the women were willing to risk just to keep their
families in one piece. It was equally inspiring to hear that the women were learning how to be independent and not rely on the men as much for support.

I think that historically Mexico has had a very hard past that they are trying to overcome, and I think that the women are at the breaking point. They realize things cannot go on as they are, and they are fighting for the change they need to survive. It is a string of inspiring stories that raises my hopes that Mexico may be able to better their government and economy so that Mexican families can stop having to rely on another country before they rely on their own.