Indocumentales Presents “Sanctuary,” 10/21
SANCTUARY
(Andrea C贸rdoba, USA, 2019, 73 min.
In Spanish and English with English subtitles)
Winner of the Best Film and Best Documentary Awards at the Brooklyn Film Festival, the debut feature by Andrea C贸rdoba follows Amanda Morales聽who walked into a church in New York City not knowing when she would step outside again.
The Guatemalan mother of three U.S.-born children is the first immigrant since President Trump took office to claim sanctuary in New York, publicly resisting her deportation within a space that ICE recognizes as protected.聽Sanctuary聽gains rare and intimate access to Amanda and her family as they fight to remain together and adapt to daily life inside a church.
Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Andrea C贸rdoba
and special guests, moderated by Shamina de Gonzaga, Executive Director,
WCPUN and co-founder/facilitator, Indocumentales.
Monday, October聽21, 6:30pm聽
King Juan Carlos I Center at New York University
53 Washington Square South, New York City
The series is free and open to the public.
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Presented as part of Indocumentales, the film and conversation series exploring Latin American migrant experiences聽in the United States
presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
at NYU,聽Cinema Tropical, and the聽World Council of Peoples
for the United Nations / What Moves You?