Join the NC Council of Churches, the NC Latin American Film Festival and local filmmaker Charles Thompson for an extraordinary evening in Greensboro as we premiere the new film Brother Towns / Pueblos Hermanos. Afterwards, Dr. Thompson will answer questions about the film.
Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Stallings Ballroom – B, Memorial Student Union
Location: NC A&T University
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
- Beloved Community Center
- Church World Service – Carolinas
- Cooperativa Latina (Latino Credit Union)
- Congregational United Church of Christ
- El Pueblo, Inc.
- FaithAction International House
- Faith in Public Life
- First Friends Meeting
- Friendship Friends Meeting
- Greensboro Public Library
- Guilford College
- Iglesia Internacional Cristiana
- La Vela
- National Farm Worker Ministry
- NC Agricultural and Technical State University
- NC Justice Center
- Sojourners – Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
- Student Action with Farmworkers
- Uniting NC
I can’t make a definite commitment to attending this — there are some possible conflicts with that date. But will try. I see that no location on campus is listed for where this will be shown.
Jean Rodenbough
President, NC Council of Churches