BDC's Women's Film Series: Almost American
Sunday, October 20, 6PM
The BDC’s annual Women's Film Series (WFS) returns for its 10th year running from October 18-20! To celebrate a decade of showcasing women filmmakers from around the world at the BDC, curators Beth Dembitzer, Tânia Cypriano, Daniela Amezquita, and Sarah Alvira, have selected a lineup of films that explore community, belonging, and the fight to preserve and celebrate identity. Join us for post-screening conversations with the women filmmakers and producers of these films, as they discuss the stories behind their filmmaking careers.
Director Nina Álvarez, a long-time broadcast and documentary producer/director and professor at the Columbia Journalism School, follows a family originally from El Salvador, decades-long residents of the US, who must fight deportation when the Department of Homeland Security revokes the Temporary Protected Status of six countries. Since the youngest children were born in the US and are American citizens, deportation will not only remove the parents and older sister from their long-established, stable lives, but threatens to break up the family.
Director:
Nina Álvarez is a documentarian and journalist with over 20 years of experience. She directed and wrote an episode for Latino Americans, which received a Peabody and the Imagen Award. Nina’s credits include Very Young Girls, The Battle for America’s Schools, the Oscar-nominated Which Way Home, and the Emmy-nominated Aftershock Pakistan.
All events are free but donations are always appreciated.
This event is held in conjunction with the Bronx Documentary Center’s 10th Annual Women’s Film Series running from October 18-20, 2024. Learn more at bronxdoc.org
Location: Bronx Documentary Center, 614 Courtlandt Ave, Bronx, NY 10451