ETERNOS INDOCUMENTADOS, 2501 MIGRANTES, and BIENVENIDO MISTER KAIT

12:30pm: Opening Reception


Eternos Indocumentados

Directed by Jennifer A. Cárcamo

Based on interviews with recently arrived Central Americans as well as interviews with organizers leading the struggle on the ground in Central America, this film captures the stories of Central American refugees and explores the root causes of forced migration. In the words of the late Salvadoran poet, Roque Dalton, as he says in his Poema de Amor, this film is about los Eternos Indocumentados (the Eternally Undocumented).

Reencuentros: 2501 migrantes

Directed by Yolanda Cruz

The secluded, mountainous town of Teococuilco is virtually a ghost town. In search of work, 2500 of the town's previous inhabitants have left for other parts of Mexico and the United States. These migrant workers endured torturous days of travel through a barren desert to cross the border and work for years without seeing their loved ones. To honor the mostly overlooked lives of these migrant workers, the renowned Mexican artist Alejandro Santiago spent several years and close to a million dollars to fashion individual clay figures representing the workers. Alejandro hired a team of workers to aid him in the creation of this massive project, and through the sculptures, they honor the migrants who have left Teococuilco.

57 min | Spanish with English subtitles

Bienvenido Mister Kaita 

Directed by Albert Albacete
Written by Helena Medina and Albert Albacete 

Saggi Kaita, his wife and three children (born in Spain), along with his brother, Mahamadou, travel home to their village, Diabugu, Gambia, for the first time since they emigrated to Spain over ten years ago. The reason for the journey is the wedding of Mahamadou and the girl (now a woman) to whom he had become engaged before emigrating.

80 min | Spanish with English subtitles 

Screenings followed by Q&A with Yolanda Cruz and Helena Medina (Screenwriter, Bienvenido Mister Kaita).

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