Coffee Hour: A personal journey from Filmmaker to Activist 4/16
Date: Saturday, April 16/2011
Resource Center of The Americas
From 10:00am to 11:45am
Language: English and Spanish
Description
A personal journey from Filmmaker to Activist: the making of a documentary about the Postville Raid:
What began as a weekend trip to Iowa to see the first-hand effects of the largest, most brutal and most expensive immigration raid in the history of the US has become my life’s passion. Walking along with the immigrants who survived the Postville raid and the people who came to their assistance, has been a privilege and a transformational experience for me.
Biography:
Luis Argueta- is a film director and producer whose work spans features, documentaries, shorts and episodic TV. Born and raised in Guatemala, Argueta is a US Citizen and has been a resident of New York since 1977. In April 2009, the British newspaper The Guardian, listed Mr. Argueta as one of Guatemala’s National Living Icons, alongside Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu and Singer/Songwriter Ricardo Arjona.
Facilitator:
Kiera Coulter
Contact:
Luis Argueta
luisarguetaa@gmail.com
646.418.3599
