The U Turn Film Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker Luis Argueta
The U Turn, the third documentary in Luis Argueta’s immigration trilogy, narrates the transformational journey of immigrant workers who broke their silence about abuses endured at the Agriprocessors Inc. meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. The film showcases the U visa, which permits victims of certain crimes who have suffered substantial mental or physical abuse while in the United States to enter or remain when they might not otherwise be able to do so.
Luis Argueta is a Guatemalan-American film director and producer. His 1994 film, The Silence of Neto, a coming-of-age film set in Cold War-era Guatemala, was the first Guatemalan film to be internationally recognized. Since then, Argueta has produced a trilogy of documentaries (AbUSed: The Postville Raid [2010], Abrazos [2014], and The U Turn [2016]) that present the human face of immigration and aim to contribute to the national and international conversation on one of the most important topics of our time.
Co-sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program (LACS) and African Studies Program.
Date: Monday, March 25, 2019
Time: noon-6 p.m.
Location: Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library
Free and open to the public
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Monday, March 25, 2019
Cost:
FreeCategories:
- Cultural
- Cultural Center
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- HCLAS
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Location:
Cultural Center Theater - Leo A. GuthartHofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
USA
Contact:
Hofstra Cultural CenterPhone: 516-463-5669
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