The Migration Experience
When
Where
Description
Well Founded Fear
Thursday, Oct. 20th at 6:30pm
"Groundbreaking, as well as devastating...if it's life-and-death drama you're looking for, with entire futures hinging on a few words, this is the place to go." - Kenneth Turan, LA Times. Discussion: Dr. Jessica Goodkind & Eric Ndaheba
The Journey
Thursday, Nov. 3rd at 6:30pm
Matthew Cassel's new documentary traces the remarkable journey of a Syrian refugee from his home in Damascus across half of Europe and finds "a human story about ordinary live disrupted by extraordinary circumstances." - Ceasefire. Discussin: Julia Hess & Sam Ali
The Harvest/La Cosecha
Wednesday, Nov. 9th at 6:30pm
"La Cosecha...follows a 16 year-old boy and two girls, 12 and 14, through one harvest cycle, depicting their lives as a more or less voluntary indentured servitude and provides a detailed, sometimes heartbreaking portrait of a permanent American underclass." - NY Times. Discussion Michelle Ortero & Arturo Sandoval
The Wind of Al-Amal
Wednesday, Nov. 16th at 6:30pm
"The Wind of Al-Amil is the first US/French co-production about one of the world's largest refugee crises: the invisible plight of Iraqi exiles. Ten years later: is anyone still paying attention?" - Filmedia. Discussion: Suha Amer & Rana Saad
Presented by Artful Life and made possible by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council and funding from the City of Albuquerque.