FLAGSTAFF — As part of the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, a special (Un)Documented event featuring Professor Judith Costello, NAU, two DACA students, Alexandra Samarron from Repeal Coalition and members of our undocumented community will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17 at Firecreek Coffee Company, 22 W. Historic Route 66, Flagstaff.
“We are honored to screen 2019 Oscar nominee ‘Lifeboat,’ alongside ‘I was Born in Mexico, But’ and ‘La Madre Buena,’ ” organizers reported.
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Lifeboat
Director: Skye Fitzgerald
35 mins, International waters, US, Tunisia, Malta, 2018
Volunteers risk the waves of the Mediterranean to pluck refugees from sinking rafts pushing off from Libya. LIFEBOAT puts a human face on one of the world’s greatest contemporary, global crisis and provides a spark of hope with how civil society can meaningfully intervene in the refugee crisis.
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I was Born in Mexico, But’
Director: Corey Ohama 12 mins, Mexico, 2013
I Was Born in Mexico, But… is a creative portrait of a young woman who thought she was American but finds out as a teen that she is undocumented.
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La Madre Buena
Director: Sarah Clift
6 mins, Mexico / UK, 2016
A Mexican mother embarks upon an epic journey across land and through her politics, to find her son’s birthday request – a Donald Trump piñata.
Attendees will also be able to view the exhibit:
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TODOS DIGNOS
Amy Martin | FireCreek Coffee Company
(Un)Documented aims to break down the ‘otherness’ rhetoric and dispel current mistruths by highlighting the human side of immigration. Each subject, an immigrant from our community sharing their personal story, is dignified through their contributions to our community and greater society. The portraits show the subjects emerging from the shadows where they have been pushed by previous and current immigration policies. The aim is for truth to be communicated to those who currently misunderstand the realities of the human side of the immigrant narrative. This project is being created with the belief that creating pathways of connection
to those who have been denied a platform to share their human stories, can spark action towards positive change in policy.