SUEÑOS BI-NACIONALES (BI-NATIONAL DREAMS) Documentary.

Leading Indigenous filmmaker and Evergreen grad, Yolanda Cruz, from Oaxaca, Mexico will present and discuss her latest documentary: SUEÑOS BI-NACIONALES (BI-NATIONAL DREAMS) this Tuesday, May 23rd from 12:30 to 1:45 PM at SEM II, B1107.

Sueños Bi-nacionales (Bi-National dreams) is a documentary about the bi-national experience of indigenous immigrants from Mexico. Sueños Bi-nacionales tells the stories of the Mixtec people who have been immigrating to California for over 30 years and the more recent stories of the Chatinos who have been immigrating to North Carolina for the past 10 years.

Yolanda is a member of the Chatino community. She received a BA from The Evergreen State College in 1998 and a MFA from the UCLA Film School. Yolanda first student project at UCLA, “Entre Sueños