NYCLU to Host a La Americana Screening at ArtRage Gallery!
June 26, 2009
As part of our summer line-up…NYCLU (Central Region Chapter) to host a La Americana Screening at ArtRage Gallery on August 11, 2009 !
About NYCLU (Central Region Chapter)
Chapter Director: Barrie Gewanter
The New York Civil Liberties Union, the New York affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, promotes and defends the fundamental principles and values embodied in the Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution and New York State Constitution, including freedom of speech and religion, and the right to privacy, equality and due process of law. We carry out our mission through public education, advocacy and litigation.
The Central New York Chapter, founded in 1963, is the official voice of the NYCLU in the region. The chapter serves Onondaga, Madison, Oneida, Seneca, Oswego, Cortland and Cayuga counties. CLICK HERE to find out more…
About ArtRage Gallery
Director: Rose Viviano
ArtRage Mission
The ArtRage mission is to exhibit progressive art that inspires resistance and promotes social awareness; supports social justice, challenges preconceptions and encourages cultural change. Each exhibit will be in collaboration with one or more community organizations in an effort to support their work, expand the traditional viewing “audience” and become a catalyst for organized action. Through collaborative networking, we intend to broadly appeal to people who would ordinarily never set foot in an art gallery. Our goal is to provide ArtRage visitors with an experience that encourages the breakdown of boundaries so that people can see themselves in the work and then in one another. And that, we believe, is the seed of a movement for cultural and social change. CLICK HERE to find out more…
Our New Blog Goes Live!
June 24, 2009
Hello Everyone!
With the summer upon us…so comes our new blog! Feel free to look around, follow us on Facebook & Twitter, check out our New La Americana Trailer, find out more about hosting a screening with your organization, share our blog with others (utilizing ShareThis), Sign up for our newsletter, suggest an organization for a screening, follow immigration news using “immigration newsladder”, etc.
Feel free to submit comments on the blog! Thank you for your continued support!
Dora Leticia
Campaign Director, La Americana
Courthouse Center for the Arts Screening (6/16 Rhode Island)
June 16, 2009
La Americana at the Courthouse Center for the Arts! Click Here to find out more about this event.
Related Press: Review: Cinematic Stories from Latin America Elucidate Common Ground
By Jonathan Beebe/Special to the Independent
Excerpt:
WEST KINGSTON – In this month’s R.I. International Film Festival encore series, the Courthouse Center for the Arts gives us three films hailing from Latin America. Although language is the only feature holding these selections together, all three films are strong in their own right, with one of them being my favorite from this past year’s RIIFF program.
The centerpiece of the evening is the 65-minute documentary, “La Americana,” directed by Nicholas Bruckman and co-directed by John Mattiuzzi. The film follows more than a year in the life of Maria del Carmen Rojas, a single mother trying to make ends meet in New York City. Of course, if that was all that was going on in Carmen’s life, the film wouldn’t hold interest for very long. What makes her unique is the fact that her daughter, Carla, is living with her mother in Bolivia and Carmen is living and working as an illegal alien. What’s effective about the film is the way it not only gives this neglected woman a voice, but also shows just how common her story is for many struggling in the US. Click Here to Read Entire Article
