Join the NC Council of Churches, the Levine Museum of the New South, and local filmmaker Charles Thompson for an extraordinary evening in Charlotte as we premiere the new film Brother Towns / Pueblos Hermanos. Afterwards, Dr. Thompson will answer questions about the film.
Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Levine Museum of the New South
Address: 200 E. Seventh Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
Cost: $3/person
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.
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Sponsoring Organizations
- ACLU-NC
- American Friends Service Committee – NC Immigrant Rights Program
- Church World Service – Carolinas
- Cooperativa Latina (Latino Credit Union)
- El Pueblo, Inc.
- Faith in Public Life
- Grassroots Leadership
- Harrison United Methodist Church
- Helping Empower Local People – Charlotte
- Immigrant Solidarity Committee of Charlotte
- Levine Museum of the New South
- National Farm Worker Ministry
- NC Justice Center
- Park Road Baptist Church
- Sojourners - Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
- Student Action with Farmworkers
- Uniting NC
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