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Harvest of Empire Film Screening
February 6, 2015 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
$10FIRST FRIDAY FILMS PRESENTS:
“HARVEST OF EMPIRE” 2012
Topic: A feature-length documentary that reveals the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today.
Based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist and Democracy Now! Co-host Juan González, “Harvest of Empire” takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. economic and military interests played in triggering an unprecedented wave of migration that is transforming our nation’s cultural and economic landscape.
From the wars for territorial expansion that gave the U.S. control of Puerto Rico, Cuba and more than half of Mexico, to the covert operations that imposed oppressive military regimes in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador, Harvest of Empire unveils a moving human story that is largely unknown to the great majority of citizens in the U.S. “For all the talk about immigration, rarely does the conversation veer into why so many Latinos have come to the United States. Harvest of Empire attempts to fill in the gaps, and the reasons don’t include some naive notion about streets being paved with gold.”
Stephanie Merry, The Washington Post Trailer – harvestofempiremovie.com
Discussion after the film. Light refreshments will be available.
Suggested donation – $10
