Feb 7

International Film Forum: Ways of Being Home

Tue, February 7, 2023 • 7:00pm - 9:00pm (2h) • Weitz Cinema

Ways of Being Home (Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo, 2020, USA/Mexico, 72 min.) - Northfield premiere, Screening and Panel Discussion with film director and crew:

  • Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo, documentary filmmaker, artist, and lecturer in Cinema and Media Studies
  • George Zuccolotto, musician, photographer, and Northfield City Council member
  • Fernando Saldivia Yáñez, CAMS graduate ’20, filmmaker, and graduate student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Ashley Marcial, Mathematics and Studio Art major at St. Olaf and film participant
  • Seth Peabody, Assistant Professor of German (moderator)

This  intimate cinematic  portrait of two small towns - one in Mexico and one in Minnesota - is  an  evocative  audiovisual meditation on  the  experience of Mexican immigrants living and working  in rural America. Vivid cinematography,  richly layered soundscapes, short animated sequences, and a constellation of testimonies introduce audiences to  Maltrata, an  agricultural town nestled in the mountains of Veracruz, Mexico,  and to Northfield, a college town in southern  Minnesota  where many  Maltratans have immigrated and settled. By  means of a nonlinear narrative and a camera that  thoughtfully  yet viscerally meanders between everyday scenes  in both towns, Chilean-American  director Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo shows  the complexities of, and contrasts between, these places. Filmed  amidst increasing violence  and political unrest  in Mexico and  the rising  anti-immigrant sentiment that  took hold during and after the 2016 U.S. presidential election,  the voices of fiercely determined and hard-working women coalesce to offer a nuanced portrait of a transnational community.  Ultimately, the  film is a testament  to the resiliency and ingenuity of uprooted people as they craft a life and a home  fostered by ritual, relationship, and community rather than solely by geography. (Women Make Movies)

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This project is supported by Project Pericles and the Mellon Periclean Faculty Leadership (PFL) Program in the Humanities, funded by the Mellon Foundation and The Eugene M. Lang Foundation

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Event Contact: Farrah Pribyl

Event Summary

International Film Forum: Ways of Being Home
  • Intended For: General Public, Students, Faculty, Staff, Alums, Prospective Students, Families
  • Categories: Film

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