ESL on DVD

We’ve written a lot on the blog about ESL and immigration issues. Well, now the two have come together on film, with the February 12 DVD release of the award-winning ESL: English as a Second Language.

The synopsis on the film’s website describes it as the story of “two people from very different sides of the same culture”.  Director Youssef Delara says that his initial idea was to create an ESL classroom and follow the highs and lows of nine of its characters. Eventually, though, he decided to follow primarily two of them, an illegal immigrant in search of a better life, and a “second generation Latina forced to attend the class to work off community service hours”.

Have a look at the website for more, and if you’ve seen the film, why not tell us what you thought below…