New Immigrant and Refugee Visions in Film Celebration

New Immigrant and Refugee Visions in Film Celebration

Sunday, March 31, 2019, at 2:30-4 pm and Monday, April 1, 2019, at 6-7:30 pm

(Five different films will be screened and discussed at each event.) at the Boston Public Library, Copley Square (700 Boylston St.), Rabb Hall.

View our new NIRV Trailer and watch excerpts of each film here

SCREEN & DISCUSS
Each event will feature five different films followed by audience discussion with the filmmakers and film subjects about the issues raised by the films, including:
– Immigrant and refugee 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.