Events › New Immigrant and Refugee Visions in Film Premiere Celebration, Part 1 (Films 1-5)

Join Community Supported Film (CSFilm) and the New Immigrant and Refugee Visions (NIRV) filmmakers to celebrate the premiere of ten short documentary films by and about immigrants and refugees.

Part 1 Films:

• She’s an American Child by Rafael DeLeon of the Dominican Republic
• The Pulse of the Dream by Mubarak Mwonge Nsamba of Uganda
• Navigating Hope by Sayed Najib Hashimi of Afghanistan
• Lift with Your Heart by Braulio Tellez Vilches of Cuba
• Campaign for a New American by Qin Li of China

The films include stories of a Rohingya refugee recently arrived in Boston, a Somali family divided generationally; a Haitian healing with dance; an Indian campaigning for Revere city council; a Puerto Rican cultural activist, a Ugandan working in a nursing home and wondering why, a Christian refugee from Bhutan; an Ethiopian helping addicts; a Haitian helping other Haitians adjust to life in the US; and from the Dominican Republic, a daughter with DACA status.

Screenings will be followed by audience discussion with the filmmakers and film subjects about the issues raised by the films, including:

- Immigrant contributions to our social and economic fabric
- Similarities and differences with all American families
- Integration and assimilation enablers and inhibitors
- Media coverage of immigrant issues
- Immigration policy

Audience members will receive resources for exploring these issues in greater depth and suggestions for how they can use these films to stimulate dialogue in their own communities.

*Registration recommended, but not required.*