By embracing a kaleidoscopic style of storytelling to highlight the poetics and precarity that follow the craving for freedom, Letters2Maybe is an unfinished letter, articulating the ever-growing yet unflinching demand for justice and tenderness in our world today.
Speaker Bio: Yehuda Sharim is a writer, filmmaker, and poet. His work focuses on the relationship between the quotidian and poetic. Sharim’s films have appeared in film festivals, artistic venues, and universities across the world. His work offers an intimate portrayal of those who refuse to surrender amidst daily devastation and culminating strife, offering a vision for equality and a renewed solidarity in a divisive world. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Program of Global Art Studies, University of California, Merced.
Ana Maria Fabian Lomeli is a local activist from Merced. Ana advocates for undocumented communities and uses her voice to speak up for those who fear deportation. Through fierce vision and the longtime collaboration with Yehuda Sharim, she artistically encapsulates the experience of living in the Central Valley as a woman of color.
Post film Q&A with the Director Yehuda Sharim
