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 Entertainment | July 2007 
Migrant Chapel Destroyed by Ignorance and Fear in Documentary Film by John Carlos Frey
 PRNewswire
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| | Award winning filmmaker, John Carlos Frey captures the story of faith pitted against the heated immigration debate in his latest documentary film entitled, The Invisible Chapel. |
Award winning filmmaker, John Carlos Frey captures the story of faith pitted against the heated immigration debate in his latest documentary film entitled, The Invisible Chapel.
For over twenty years a migrant chapel remained invisible to the wealthy residents of a San Diego, CA neighborhood. Constructed of concrete, tile, and wood benches for seating, the chapel was maintained by the migrants.
Every Sunday local parish volunteers legally provided humanitarian assistance and held a Church service for over one hundred impoverished agricultural, construction and service industry migrants from Mexico. The San Diego Minutemen, a local radio talk show host and neighbors clashed with the mostly undocumented immigrant congregation. The heated conflict forced the migrants and volunteers out of their sacred space and caused the destruction of their place of worship.
"It belongs on the History Channel because it (the chapel) doesn't exist anymore. It is history." Jeff Schwilk, founder of the San Diego Minutemen. North County Times
The Invisible Chapel is now available on DVD and is the follow up film to John Carlos Frey's 2006 expose of migrant living conditions in San Diego, CA entitled, The Invisible Mexicans of Deer Canyon. This powerful documentary film includes interviews with immigration and Human Rights experts Bishop Gerald R. Barnes (Diocese of San Bernardino, CA), Daniel Groody, CSC (University of Notre Dame), Amanda Susskind (Anti-Defamation League), Michael Akong (Migrant Healthcare Advocate), and Attorney Claudia Smith (California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation).
Directed by John Carlos Frey. Executive Producers: Sister Maria Elena Gonzalez, RSM, Arturo Chavez, Ph.D, Jack Lorenz. Music Score by the San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble (SAVAE).
Gatekeeper Productions and the University of Notre Dame in association with the Mexican American Cultural Center
Total Running Time: 31 min
DVD Interviews: 24 min
http://www.invisiblechapel.com |
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