BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//http://www2.movingimage.us//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.23// X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260418T210554CEST-42364VnIp3@http://www2.movingimage.us DTSTAMP:20260418T190554Z DESCRIPTION:\n On the occasion of the online premiere of their award-winnin g film\, The Infiltrators\, directors Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra will join Curator of Film Eric Hynes for a discussion about the making of the film\, followed by a conversation with activists and film subjects Marco S aavedra and Viridiana Martínez led by guest curator Tiffany Joy Butler. Co nversation topics will include the film’s formally innovative docu-fiction approach\, the unethical system of for-profit detention centers\, the wor k of National Immigrant Youth Alliance\, as featured in the film and beyon d\, and current living conditions for immigrant communities during the Cov id-19 crisis. \n\n\n The Infiltrators \;is currently showing May 1 thr ough 14\, as part of MoMI’s View from Home new releases. \n\n\n View the r ecorded conversation here.\n\n\n While this event is free\, we hope you wi ll consider supporting the Museum with a donation. MoMI's staff is working hard to fulfill its mission via remote programming. This comes with oppor tunities to experiment but also profound challenges. Your support is criti cal to ensure our work remains vital and visible to a broad public. Sugges ted donation: $5. Donate here. \n\n\n About the speakers: \n \n Marco Saav edra’s work with the National Immigrant Youth Alliance is depicted in The Infiltrators. In 2013\, Saavedra with a group of Dreamers called “The Drea m 9” crossed into Mexico in solidarity with those who have benefited from DACA. He is a revered Bronxite whose family restaurant\, La Morada\, has s erved as a space for community organizing since 2009. Marco Saavedra’s sto ry has been featured in The New York Times\, Democracy Now\, This American Life\, and The Nation. \n \n \n Viridiana Martínez has been an immigrant organizer since 2009. Through the National Immigrant Youth Alliance\, she was instrumental in efforts that led to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in 2012. Viridiana also infiltrated Broward Transi tional Center to expose the injustices faced by immigrant detainees and fi ght for their freedom. In spite of limited funding and resources\, she fou nded the first ever immigrant youth led organization in North Carolina. Sh e has been organizing for years to stop countless deportations across the country. Viridiana believes that directly impacted people must be at the f rontlines of any successful campaign. She is currently a DACA recipient an d the director of Alerta Migratoria\, a national deportation defense platf orm and hotline for refugees and immigrants with a focus on the South. Vir idiana is also an interpreter\, bridal stylist\, and aspiring actor. \n \n DTSTART:20200503T190000 DTEND:20200503T200000 LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image SUMMARY:The Infiltrators: Discussion with filmmakers Cristina Ibarra and Al ex Rivera and subject Marco Saavedra END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR