Focus In! Film Series presents “America: An Immigration Nation”
Date and Time
May 9, 2017 6:00 pm
Location
450K
450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001
May 9, 2017 6:00 pm
450K
Join us at Busboys and Poets Focus-In! Film Series: Cinema for a Conscious Community for a screening and panel of the Documentary America: In Immigration Nation.
America: An Immigration Nation is a documentary that chronicles the history of immigration to America It also shows the "4 great waves" of immigration that occurred throughout American history. Unlike other films on this topic AIN also describes the beginnings of "nativism" and the racist nativist attitudes that were directed towards most immigrant groups arriving to these shores beginning in the mid 1800's.
What makes America: An Immigration Nation relevant today, is the fact that these nativist sentiments have resurfaced with the election of this new President..
This film also addresses our current issues around immigration, including deportation the state of DACA, and THE DREAM ACT both of which are currently affecting them and families of our most recent immigrant group the Latinos.
This documentary is pertinent, extremely timely, and relevant to the occurrences in America's political discourse today.
About the film Maker: Ronald Smokey Stevens a Wash DC native.is celebrating 45 years in the business of show.
Today he is a former actor-singer-dancer in film, television, on Broadway and stages around the
world. After his many years as a performer, he has grown to become an author, historian and
documentary film maker.
After the film please join us for a discussion and Q&A.
Free and open all! $5 Suggested donations.
Focus-In! Film Series: Cinema for a Conscious Community is a Busboys and Poets-produced monthly film series that screens films with a focus dedicated to social justice, peace, art, music, and/or community value.
