Film Screening:

Two Americans
(Daniel DeVivo & Valeria Fernandez, 2012, 100 min, Latino/USA, English & Spanish w/ English subtitles, Color, DVD)

-- NC Premiere, with the directors in person! (Reception to follow, after Q&A!)

The life of a 9-year old child is forever changed when “America’s Toughest Sheriff” arrests her Mexican parents for working at a local carwash. Fighting to rescue her parents from deportation, Katherine Figueroa becomes the poster child of a movement to oust Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio from office. Exposed by the media, Kathy’s family is challenged to overcome their fear of living in Arizona. But when Sheriff Joe uses his power to retaliate against the County Board, it’s the legality of his actions that is questioned. Now the Sheriff’s fate hangs in the balance of an FBI criminal probe.

Two Americans examines the very personal impact of U.S. immigration policies.

Cost: Free and Open to the Public!

Sponsors: The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Duke-UNC Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), and the Program in Latino/a Studies in the Global South.