Community Impact Film Series: Immigration
Join us at our next Community Impact Film Series event focused on Immigration.
This free event will include
Live Music by Corazón Latino from 11 – 11:30am
Film Screenings & Panel Discussion from 11:30 – 1:30pm
Salsa Performance with Rumbao Latin Dance from 1:30 – 2pm
Resource Fair from 1:30 – 3pm
Featuring
Six Short films:
- Mirage (16 min.) by Jhanvi Motla
- Darlin (15 minutes) by Isabel Castro
- The Old Young Crow (12 minutes) by Liam LoPinto
- El Soñador (15 minutes) by Duncan Heger
- Through The Wall (6 minutes) by Tim Nackashi
- Walk Run Cha-Cha (20 minutes) by Laura Nix
Guest Speakers:
- Stefanîa Arteaga, Co-Executive Director of the Carolinas Migrant Network
- Okyere Bonna, Author and Publisher, General Secretary of the African Caribbean Political Action Pack, Member of the Asanteman Association of the Carolinas
- Nimish Bhatt, Executive Director of the Universal Institute for Successful Aging of the Carolinas, member of the Charlotte International Cabinet, and leading member of the Carolinas Asian Chamber of Commerce.
- Sonali Sundararaj, Producer of Mirage, TV Nominations Manager at the Film Independent Spirit Awards
This discussion will be moderated by Johnelle Causwell, Managing Director at Coalition for International Cooperation and VP for Community Engagement at Charlotte Sister Cities.
Organizations:
Such as Bethany Christian Services of NC, Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, Charlotte Sister Cities, Charlotte Music Therapy, Camino, Enlace Charlotte, International House, La Casa De Cultural, OBRA Collective, Three Bone Theater, Tosco Music, Umayal Annamalai, and Vietnamese Association of Charlotte.
Food provided by Manolo’s Bakery
Mirage
Recently widowed, Nitya Patel, leaves Mumbai to work at a motel owned by her distant cousin in the…
Darlin
DARLIN follows a Honduran family in the months after their separation under the zero tolerance policy.
The Old Young Crow
An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo.
El Soñador
The film follows Oscar and his family as they overcome great obstacles as undocumented immigrants. Oscar’s father, Armando,…
Through the Wall
On Sundays, Abril, who is an undocumented, illegal immigrant in the US, makes a treacherous trip carrying her…
Walk Run Cha-Cha
Paul and Millie Cao lost their youth to the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Forty years later, they…