Community Impact Film Series: Immigration

This free event will include

Live Music by Corazón Latino  from  11 – 11:30am

Film Screenings & Panel Discussion  from  11:30 – 1:30pm

Salsa Performance with Rumbao Latin Dance  from  1:30 – 2pm

Resource Fair  from 1:30 – 3pm

Featuring

Six Short films:

• Mirage (16 min.) by Jhanvi Motla
• Darlin (15 minutes) by Isabel Castro
• The Old Young Crow (12 minutes) by Liam LoPinto
• El Soñador (15 minutes) by Duncan Heger
• Through The Wall (6 minutes) by Tim Nackashi
• Walk Run Cha-Cha (20 minutes) by Laura Nix

Guest Speakers:

• Stefanîa Arteaga, Co-Executive Director of the Carolinas Migrant Network
• Okyere Bonna, Author and Publisher, General Secretary of the African Caribbean Political Action Pack, Member of the Asanteman Association of the Carolinas
• Nimish Bhatt, Executive Director of the Universal Institute for Successful Aging of the Carolinas, member of the Charlotte International Cabinet, and leading member of the Carolinas Asian Chamber of Commerce.
• Sonali Sundararaj, Producer of Mirage, TV Nominations Manager at the Film Independent Spirit Awards

This discussion will be moderated by Johnelle Causwell, Managing Director at Coalition for International Cooperation and VP for Community Engagement at Charlotte Sister Cities.

Organizations:

Such as Bethany Christian Services of NC, Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, Charlotte Sister Cities, Charlotte Music Therapy, Camino, Enlace Charlotte, International House, La Casa De Cultural, OBRA Collective, Three Bone Theater, Tosco Music, Umayal Annamalai, and Vietnamese Association of Charlotte.

Food provided by Manolo’s Bakery