Immigration Week Film Screening

Wednesday, April 18th. 6.30pm
Venue: CCCADI - 408 West 58th St. NY NY 10019 (bet. 9th & 10th)
Free Admission

An interactive evening of short film screenings and panel discussions about the social, economic and cultural issues immigrants experience when the migrate to another country. Guest SpeakerModerator: Gabriela Garcia Medina

Films being shown are:

•In Search of Africa - Director Manthia Diawara (26 min./Color/1997)
In 1996, the filmmaker and writer Manthia Diawara, now living in New York, returns to Guinea, thirty-two years after he and his family were expelled from the newly liberated country. Despite the years that have gone by, Diawara expects to be welcomed as an insider, and is shocked to discover that he is not.

•After the Earthquake (Despues del Terremoto) - Director Lourdes Portillo & Nina Serrano (1979)(23 min./B&W/)
Set in San Francisco, this film chronicles a day in the life of Ilena, a newly arrived refugee from Nicaragua. The beautifully crafted narrative focuses on her adjustment to life in the United States among other Nicaraguans who fled the repression of the Somoza regime prior to the 1979 revolution and the conflicting ways in which they view their past.

•Mi Nombre Es Carlos (My Name is Carlos) - Director Paul Barrera. 13 min./Color/2000)
My Name is Carlos is an intimate portrait of an immigrant from Guatemala, who comes to New York City in search of the American dream. Still a window washer 30 years later, Carlos begins to have "visions" of the love he left behind. He feels the regret of never having become successful, so he yearns for her, his family and his country. Carlos' relationship with a "friendly" American chess opponent forces him to remember and retain his cultural identity.