Screening and discussion of "Mexican Dream"

Date: 
Oct 20, 2016, 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

The Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies(CLLAS) presents:  Mexican Dream

A film by Alex Ruiz Euler and Jon Wetterau

October 20, 2016 4:00 – 5:30 Knight Library Browsing Room

This documentary is about a group of indigenous migrants who leave a pastoral but poverty-stricken life in Mexico for a new home in a small meatpacking town in Minnesota. Shot on both sides of the border, it shows an intimate portrait of their migration experience.  Please find more information on this film here:  http://wetteraufilms.com/#/mexican-dream/

Discussants:

  • Christopher Chávez, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communications
  • Daniel HoSang, Department Head, Associate Professor, Political Science.

For more information, please visit the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies website at cllas.uoregon.edu

Mexican Dream