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Unbordering Migration in the Americas: Shorts Program

Saturday, February 26, 2022, 1 p.m., Dryden Theatre
still from Room 140

Room 140 (2017)

Standing at the Scratch Line  (Julie Dash, US 2016, 11 min., digital)

Kunįkaga Remember Red Banks, Kunįkaga Remembers the Welcoming Song  (Sky Hopinka, US 2014,  9 min., digital)

What Happens to a Dream Deferred  (Esery Mondesir, Canada 2020, 25 min., digital)

Room 140  (Priscilla Gonzalez Sainz, US 2018, 12 min., digital)

These four short films tackle many angles, and many different areas of the country - from Wisconsin to Michigan, California to Pennsylvania and South Carolina. Migration takes many forms, but all four films represent the struggle to strive for a better future. 

 

Event Details

Dryden Theatre
$7 members
$10 nonmembers
$5 students with ID

$5 17 and under

Advance tickets encouraged.

Patrons must wear masks throughout the entire film.

Tickets no longer for sale

About This Series

Unbordering Migration in the Americas

“Unbordering Migration: Causes, Experiences, Identities” is a year-long series of lectures, workshops, and films organized by the Humanities Center of the University of Rochester and funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Running from September, 2021 to May, 2022, the keystone of this series will be a weekend of films dedicated to the subject, screening at The Dryden Theatre February 24-26.

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