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Five Years North — Documentary Guatemalan Immigrant

May 24, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

Last Friday, we had a very interesting Zoom Question and Answer session with the filmmakers of the documentary FIVE YEARS NORTH. The film follows a few years of the life of an undocumented teenage Guatemalan immigrant, Luis. It's a moving documentary that tells of the difficulties, danger, as well as joy and hope that Luis experiences in New York as he pursues the American Dream. The … [Read more...] about Five Years North — Documentary Guatemalan Immigrant

I am a daughter of the Philippines and an adopted daughter of America. I have also traveled to many places so I am also a daughter of the Earth. My experiences have found their way into my stories, which try to depict characters caught in important moments in their lives, situations that force them to act, make decisions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dominant Western one, thus my interest in history, culture, and setting. But my characters carry my stories; they are the most important in my story-telling. I have to dive deep into them to understand their humanity – their goodness as well as their badness, their beauty as well as their ugliness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I understand where they are going. Just like us.

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Five Years North — Documentary Guatemalan Immigrant

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