“Film Festival Brings Diversity to Forefront”
April 6, 2009
La Americana screened at the MOSAIC Diversity Film Festival (UPDATE)
Below is an excerpt of an article written about this event - check it out!
Film Festival brings diversity to forefront
By Mickey Woods | IDS
April 5, 2009
“The second MOSAIC Diversity Film Festival, in conjunction with the opening of the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market, premiered Saturday at City Hall and marked 25 years of Diversity Theatre.
The topics of the films shown during the festival included aging, disability and race issues.”
The last group of films displayed issues of race and isolation through people who dealt with homelessness, illegal immigration and depression.
“La Americana” was a film about an illegal immigrant named Carmen who left Bolivia to find work in the United States to provide a better life for her ailing daughter. She then went back to Bolivia after the Bush administration refused to grant immigrant amnesty.
After the film, there was a discussion on immigration policies facilitated by Christie Popp, staff attorney with the Immigrants and Language Rights Center of Indiana Legal Services.
“The way laws are now, it’s impossible for immigrants seeking a better life to come to the United States even if they just want to work,” Popp said. “People like Carmen have situations that seem impossible because of the restrictions set by the government.”
