VC DC is thrilled to team up with Al Jazeera English for Amplifying Voices from the Global South on Monday, Oct 6 at 6pm.
Join us at The Miracle Theatre for a special evening of connection, conversation, and bold storytelling centered on two of the most defining issues of our time: climate and migration.
Doors open at 6pm. Stick around after the screening for a Q&A with the filmmakers and a reception with drinks, bites, and mingling.
From an artistic meditation on the disorienting experience of migration, to the human impact of shifting immigration policies in the U.S., this lineup of true stories will move you.
Featuring:
🌙 I Am Grass, directed by Abhi Indrekar
A dreamlike documentation of a young artist from one of India’s most stigmatized communities as he navigates his disorienting first year after migrating to the “first world.”
🌾 The Return, directed by Jeremy S. Levine
When the controversial U.S. family separation policy is implemented at the border, 12-year-old Geovanny is taken from his father and held in detention for six months. Geovanny is eventually reunited with his family in Guatemala, but he is no longer the same. Once a star student, he drops out of school. His father, weighed down by the debt from their failed attempt to reach the U.S., fears losing his land and possibly his life. But an unexpected call from the U.S. holds the promise to change everything.
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