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3/27-3/28/2023

Wake Forest University’s Spanish Department and Latin American and Latino Studies Program are proud to present a free work-in-progress screening of BULLS AND SAINTS, a documentary by Durham-based filmmaker Rodrigo Dorfman

For more information, contact Prof. Samanta Ordóñez Robles ordones@wfu.edu

EVENT DETAILS:

Work-in-Progress Film Screening:

Monday, March 27 at 5:00 pm in ZSR 404 (Library Auditorium)

 

Conversations with Rodrigo Dorfman:

Tuesday, March 28 at 2:00 pm in GREENE 311

AND

Tuesday, March 28 at 3:30 pm in GREENE 239

 

ABOUT THE WORK-IN-PROGRESS FILM:

After 20 years of living in the U.S., an undocumented family decides to return home. Little do they know it will be the most difficult journey of their lives. Set between the backdrop of the rodeo rings of eastern North Carolina and the spellbinding Mexican hometown they long for, BULLS AND SAINTS is a story of reverse migration, rebellion, and redemption.

Después de 20 años de vivir en los Estados Unidos, una familia indocumentada decide regresar a casa. Poco saben que será el viaje más difícil de sus vidas. Ubicado entre el telón de fondo de los anillos del jaripeo del este de Carolina del Norte y la fascinante ciudad natal mexicana que anhelan, TOROS Y SANTOS es una historia de migración inversa, rebelión y redención.

 

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:

Rodrigo Dorfman is an award-winning Latino filmmaker and multimedia producer living in Durham, North Carolina. He has worked with POV, HBO, Salma Hayek’s Ventanazul and the BBC among others. His short ONE NIGHT IN KERNERSVILLE won the Jury Award for best short at Full Frame (2011). “NUEVOlution! Latinos and the New South,” a national touring museum exhibit based on his documentary work was exhibited at the Levine Museum of the New South, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the Atlanta History Center. He was the cinematographer of the 2014 independent film ALWAYS IN SEASON. His documentary FIESTA! QUINCEAÑERA premiered on PBS stations nationwide in April 2019 and his documentary THIS TACO TRUCK KILLS FASCISTS won the Best Louisiana Feature Award in 2018 at the New Orleans Film Festival. His latest documentary QUARANTEENED, was broadcast on PBS nationwide in 2022. His memoir, Generation Exile, is published by Arte Publico Press.