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In A Name
A name becomes a peace offering, a chance to reconnect with her heritage, and a personal symbol. After transitioning, Joanna offers her family an opportunity to name their daughter.
Paintings of Light and Sound
Butoh and shadow puppetry may seem worlds apart, but for performing artist Deniz Khateri they offer opportunities to create the extreme images and living poetry that first captured her imagination in Iran.
Trans-National
With grace and poignancy, LA resident, undocumented, and trans (non-binary) author Féi Hernandez examines the intersection of country and body.
¡Hola, neighbor!
Danielle Burity’s documentary takes us inside the mask of a costumed times square performer and the stories of the illegal immigrants that often take these jobs.
Umbrella House
Umbrella House reveals the stories of the squatter community – most of them immigrants – that took over abandoned buildings in the Lower East Side of Manhattan reconstructed them and made them into homes.
Yuba-Sutter, My Punjab
Evocative music and writing by Jordan Vanderbeek “life is about trading out what is for what might be”
Power of the Pen
One Undocumented Student’s Journey to Liberation. “When I explore my identities through my writing, I am able to embrace myself…”
Immigrant's Dilemma
“You would think that they would want their children to take the same type of risks in life and maybe be entrepreneurs. Instead my parents have always encouraged me to make the safer choice….”
Samba: A Love Story
"Samba / Has always been a way / For Brazilians / To try to make sense / Of the things we can't say."
A poem and discussion on love and dance.
Love At War
There are currently 15 seconds of the animated film Love At War. And those 15 seconds involved 155 hand-drawn watercolors and over 350 hours of work. But that is the job she signed up for...
Rosa: A Short Film
ROSA is a dramatic short film that explores the societal norms that are fueled by deeply engraved class divisions in Colombian society.
American Mirage
"At first, I thought I knew a lot of things about America. ... Flipping through the saturated photos of swimming pools, palm trees, and tan, long legged women in bikinis filled my mind with stars and stripes..."
We’re not Baskin-Robbins’ flavors
Artist Jacqui Rêgo gets personal about love, sex, and the commodification of immigrant women in the age of Trump
Independence Day
Celebrating as an immigrant: "The words hit me in the gut- especially the last line, ‘The land of the free, the home of the brave...'"
Murder in Matera
An Excerpt: A true story of passion, family, and forgiveness in Southern Italy. Plus the emotional parallels to today's immigration debates.
My Immigration Story
"Statistics do not tell the story of immigration. People do... The challenges we face today are not new. Only the stories are."
What It Takes
"My parents fled for us." A writer reflects on the sacrifices her parents made and her own place in the American tapestry.
Emigration
It was springtime. The sweet perfume of the wisteria dominated the whole street. I approached the house and climbed stairs that were covered by the wisteria in full bloom. The canopy was still intact. The grape- like flowers dangled from the canopy like lanterns...