Please join the VT Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project for the premiere of our new documentary film "Silenced Voices"
The VT Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project kicks off a state-wide tour on July 1 in Burlington with the premiere of its new documentary film Silenced Voices, as the recent Arizona law draws national attention to the issue of immigration.
View the trailer here: http://www.vtmigran tfarmworkersolid arity.org/ node/72
When migrant farmworker José Obeth Santiz Cruz was killed in a farming accident in December 2009 the VT Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project organized a delegation to return his remains and bring back the story of his family and community coming to terms with his death. Silenced Voices shows that this small and rural indigenous village in Chiapas , Mexico is deeply interconnected with VT and highlights the hardships and challenges of this invisible community as they work to sustain Vermont ’s struggling dairy farms.
This film and tour are timed to raise awareness about the vital yet invisible role migrant farmworkers play in Vermont ’s food systems while drawing attention to the conditions and economic policies that force migrants from their homes.
Venues:
Thursday July 1st at 7pm, Burlington Black Box Theatre at Main St. Landing on the Waterfront (bottom of College St .). Contact Brendan O'Neill atvtmfsp@gmail. com
Tuesday July 6th at 7pm, Montpelier Unitarian Universalist Church. Contact Gustavo Terán at gateran51@yahoo. com
Wednesday July 14th at 7pm, Hardwick Town Hall w/ Meredith Holch who will show her animated film 'Neighbors' also about Vermont 's migrant farmworkers. Contact Robin Cappuccino at wmtnfarm@together. net
Sunday July 25th at the Fairfield Community Center showing continuously throughout the "Jig in the Valley". Contact Naomi Wolcott at nwolcott@uvm. edu
***Contact us to host a viewing in your community by emailing vtmfsp@gmail. com***
The film will be followed by a discussion and dialogue with the VT Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project and film makers Sam Mayfield, Brendan O'Neill and Gustavo Terán.
More information at: www.vtmfsp.org
