PERDIDA EN MANHATTAN

Voice of Art - “Migration Is Beautiful” feat. artist/activist Favianna Rodriguez - Pt. 1

“Since I was an adolescent, I began to see the rise of anti-immigrant laws around the country,” says the 34-year-old, Rodriguez. “As an artist, I’ve always been really curious about how art can help change society.”

For the past decade, Rodriguez has been lecturing around the country about the power of art, cultural organizing, and technology to inspire social change. When the filmmakers approached her, she was busy teaching printmaking at Stanford University in California.

“I thought it was a great idea,” she says about making “Migration is Beautiful.” “As [Latinos’] political power is growing, I wanted to show that art is the way for us to tell our story. Behind every migrant is a story of family love. I thought if there were ways we can highlight that instead of the negative stories you hear over and over, there might be a way to change people’s lives about how they see migrants.”

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Written by: James Roper, Rob Bailey and Thomas Wightman

Producer: Eddie Robson / Director: Thomas Wightman

Funded by Vision & Media (Manchester, UK) Budget: 2500 

ynopsis: Three lives are connected in a world whose inhabitants predominantly prefer
the secure realities of an implicit inside world to that of the physical world. 

The film explores how advancement in technology has effected the way we
communicate and how as a result it may impact our society and environment.

Caridad De La Luz aka @LaBrujaNYC is painted here in cafe By S I E N I D E for an upcoming solo exhibition this season in NYC.

Stay tuned for location and R.S.V.P. announcements…