"The Icing on the Cake" from StoryCorps

Blanca Alvarez and her husband risked crossing the border to immigrate into the U.S. and then struggled to make ends meet. They hoped to shelter their children from these harsh realities, but Blanca's daughter Connie reveals how much children can really see of their parents' lives—and the inspiration they draw from their struggles.

Credits:

Directed by: The Rauch Brothers
Backgrounds: Bill Wray
Producers: Mike Rauch & Lizzie Jacobs
Art Direction: The Rauch Brothers & Bill Wray
Animation: Tim Rauch
Audio Produced by: Katie Simon & Nadia Reiman

Music:

Fredrik
Label: The Kora Records
Publisher: House of Hassle

Alejandro Flores
Label: Alejandro Flores
Publisher: Alejandro Flores

Major funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• storycorps
• family history
• oral history
• education
• parenthood
• work
• immigration
• california
• mexico
• mexican-american

[spucy]

These videos are nice, but they keep making me cry. 

[V1LL14N313]

It's ridiculous how these are nice family stories and everyone decides to argue about race and culture and what not, smh -_- can't we all get along?

[BananerNanner]

RIP Tissue box :,(

[ErikjStudios]

It truly saddens me that humans like this are turned away at our borders. However, it saddens me even more to see them come to our country and be treated as lesser than what they really are... HUMAN.

[firecall2785]

im not crying, it started raining in my room >__<

[RunescaperSeaman472]

@V1LL14N313 Thats the problem with free will, everyone has a different opinion.

[daniyellowjello]

how much water is in my face

[TeenageTomboy]

Usually when Im watching a cartoon thats kinda sad. I say "Its just a cartoon it isnt real! What am I crying about?" ....but for these videos...its real....

[MrFrostingbutt]

her nose looks like a wang

[Budaphly]

@117ty Go protest against all the agricultural companies for encouraging illegal immigration so that they can exploit the hell out of their labor and keep your fresh fruits and vegetables that u probably enjoy like fucking glutton below $8 a lb. Or fight to shut down all low-cost nursing homes for hiring illegal immigrants for the low-skill yet very necessary work they provide for low wages so that your grandparents don't have to pay tons more in order to get their shit wiped.