Sneak Preview: This is America, Immigration Sessions

Submitted by dcjwj on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 6:20pm.
6 Mar 2010 - 3:30pm
6 Mar 2010 - 5:30pm

This year DC JwJ is partnering with the award winning DC Independent Film Festival to bring you a series of short and full-length feature movies under the lense"This is America: Films on Immigration."
Saturday, March 6th.
The Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave NW (Navy Yard Metro)
3:30pm-5:30pm.
Feat. Director Esau Melendez
Sarahi Uribe, National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Mackenzie Baris, DC Jobs with Justice

Immigrant Nation!: The Battle for the Dream
Esau Melendez 2010
Run time: 105 min. | USA
Immigrant Nation is the story of the modern immigrant rights movement and the struggle of single mother, Elvira Arellano, who fought against her deportation. It tells how organizations, activists, community leaders and individuals came together to oppose bill HR4437 and the anti-immigration forces.

The Mills (Les Moulins)
Ross Morin 2009
Run time: 11 min. | USA
The ghosts of a culture are still felt on the grounds of a crumbling mill town. What is our relation to the past?

Order your ticket through DC JwJ and half the proceeds will go towards
supporting workers in the District! http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FFS6VMF
$10, general admission.
$ 7, student/senior discount.