Golden Venture (2006)

Golden Venture

2006• 1h 30m
Documentary
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Chinese passengers paid $30,000 to sail to the US on the freighter Golden Venture, expecting to arrive indebted by unnoticed. But the ship's tragic grounding off NYC was the largest capture of undocumented immigrants in US history and became a symbol of national anger over illegal immigration. This is the story of four of the passengers, and off small town Americans who fought on their behalf.

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1h 30m
Released
2006

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Release year: 2006

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Chinese passengers paid $30,000 to sail to the US on the freighter Golden Venture, expecting to arrive indebted by unnoticed. But the ship's tragic grounding off NYC was the largest capture of undocumented immigrants in US history and became a symbol of national anger over illegal immigration. This is the story of four of the passengers, and off small town Americans who fought on their behalf.

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