Join the NC Council of Churches and local filmmaker Charles Thompson for an extraordinary evening in Asheville as we premiere the new film Brother Towns / Pueblos Hermanos. Afterwards, Dr. Thompson will answer questions about the film.
Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010
Time: 7:15pm
Venue: First Congregational United Church of Christ
Location: 20 Oak St., Asheville, NC 28801
Cost: FREE
Brother Towns is a story of two towns linked by immigration, family, and work: Jacaltenango, a highland Maya town in Guatemala; and Jupiter, a coastal resort town where many Jacaltecos have settled in Florida.
Brother Towns chronicles a story of how and why people migrate across borders, how people make and remake their communities when they travel thousands of miles from home, and how people maintain families despite their travel. Because we are all immigrants, this is a universal human story, and a quintessential American one. All of us understand family.
Brother Towns is also a story of local and international controversy. News of undocumented immigrants is familiar in nearly every community across the U.S., and citizens must choose how they respond to this issue.
Sponsoring Organizations
- ACLU-NC
- American Friends Service Committee – NC Immigrant Rights Program
- Church World Service – Carolinas
- Coalición de Organizaciones Latino-Americanas (COLA)
- Cooperativa Latina (Latino Credit Union)
- El Pueblo, Inc.
- Faith in Public Life
- First Congregational United Church of Christ
- HOL@ – UNC Asheville
- Immaculate Conception Church (Hendersonville)
- La Capilla de Santa Maria (Hendersonville)
- National Farm Worker Ministry
- NC Justice Center
- Sojourners
- Student Action with Farmworkers
- Uniting NC
