Desc: A minha Terra é uma Ilha: Directed by Antonio Joao Saraiva, António João Saraiva. Jose Sousa was born in Pedro Miguel, Faial Island, Azores. He worked for 50 years in California, where he received a new name and identity: Joe Sousa. He left his homeland in 1958 after the Capelinhos volcano with a goal: save dollars to buy the best land in his parish. Three years later, despite earning just $1.50 an hour, he bought the property and sold it a few years later and never returned to the 'old land', his dear Faial. However, he learned English and wanted to belong to this New World. 'I live here, I also want to belong in this place,' he tells us .