FILMS :: Art Connections: Two Way Bridges (Puentes de Doble Via) & Border Crossing 101

LOCATION: CAROLINA THEATER, DURHAM ART CONNECTIONS: TWO WAY BRIDGES|PUENTES DE DOBLE VIA. Mauricio Andrada, MRS / 30 min / Durham / 2015For the past decade hundreds of thousands of Central and South American migrants have arrived in NC. Many came as children, a generation of young undocumented Latinos is graduating from high school; they do not find space in the social fabric of their new nation. Art Connections documents a project that established a temporary bridge between the Latino community and a university, while provoking privileged students to engage with peers and the surrounding community. Through public art, film, and language students embark on a journey of acceptance, sharing, realization, and community building.BORDER CROSSING 101. Charles Thompson / 30 min / Durham / 2015As part of the Two Way Bridges | Puentes de Doble Vía project, fifteen students in a Duke University class, entitled "The U.S./Mexico Border," explore the meaning of borders, immigration, and access to education in America. Four of them are non-students and non-citizens. They act, for a semester, as if barriers to their education no longer exist. "Border Crossing 101" follows the lives of the four "guest" students, along with the eleven who go through the semester with them. Class members explore their diverse pasts, gaining insights into citizenship, entitlement, and identity in America. Q&A with directors & participants to follow.