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Dolores
MCC Theater
“Dolores, a documentary, extols Dolores Huerta's lifelong, and seemingly unlimited, fighting spirit in the service of workers’ rights”. - The NYTimes
Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized. Dolores tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice alongside Chavez, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the twentieth century—and she continues the fight to this day, at 87. With intimate and unprecedented access to this intensely private mother to eleven, the film reveals the raw, personal stakes involved in committing one’s life to social change. Dr. Rebeca Mireles Rios, Professor at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, will lead a post-film discussion immediately following the film. 1h 35 min.
Living Lives of Resilient Love in a Time of Hate
Teaching in/from Freedom. Supporting Undocumented Students and Their Families in the Classroom and Beyond Lorgia García-Peña
MCC Theater
Lorgia García-Peña is the author of The Borders of Dominicanidad: Race, Nation, and Archives of Contradiction (Duke University Press 2016). This book reveals how the stories of a nation create marginality through acts of exclusion. It was awarded 2017 National Women Studies Association Gloria E. Anzaldua Book Prize, the 2016 LASA Latino/a Studies Book Award and the 2016 Isis Duarte Book Prize in Haiti and Dominican Studies. In 2003, García-Peña co-founded Freedom University, a “modern day freedom school” in Atlanta that provides tuition-free education, college application and scholarship assistance and social movement leadership training to undocumented students banned from public higher education by Georgia state laws. Dr. Lorgia Garcia-Peña is Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of History and Literature at Harvard University.
Intersectionality within Immigrant Communities
MCC Theater
The experiences of immigrant communities goes beyond what is portrayed in society and media. A panel of individuals, including those who are directly impacted by current policies and laws, will highlight the intersectional experiences of immigrant communities. This panel is part of a series of events hosted by Undocumented Student Services as part of Immigration Awareness Week.
Cup of Culture
Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America
MCC Theater
Growing up in rural North Carolina, Moises Serrano fell in love with a country that refused to recognize his full humanity - both as an undocumented immigrant and as a gay man. The documentary Forbidden follows Moises’ personal journey as an activist fighting for the American Dream. This film will feature a post-film Skype Q&A with Moises Serrano. 1 h 22 min.
