A Mini-Film Festival in celebration of Immigrant History Week
Date and Time
April 19, 2012
Location
Event Details
11:00 am
Dinka Diaries (56 mins.)
Dinka diaries tells the story of some of America's most recent arrivals, Sudanese refugees, who would have never dreamt a few years ago that they'd be living in America. Over the course of ten months, the film follows the lives of three Sudanese refugees who resettle in the Philadelphia area and adjust to the new American culture and way of life"--Container. (2006)
In English and Dinka with English subtitles.1:00 pm
La Ciudad (88 mins.)
Tells four stories about recent immigrants to New York City: a group of day-laborers scavenging for bricks; two teenagers from the same hometown who meet and fall in love; a homeless father who tries to enroll his daughter in school; and a garment worker who seeks justice in the sweatshops. 1998. In English and Spanish.
3:00 pm
Maid in America (58 mins)
This documentary explores the lives of three Latina immigrant women who work as nannies and housekeepers in Los Angeles, California. Through these women's lives, this documentary explores the globalization of motherhood, the challenges they face while pursuing the American dream and the significant role they play in American households today. 2004. In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
6:00 pm
Presents the story of two Somali Bantu families, refugees from the 1991 civil war in Somalia, who find new homes in urban America. The film begins as the families prepare to leave the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya and follows them for the first two years of their new life in the United States. 2006. In English and Somali with English subtitles.