NC Latin American Film Festival: To Stay or Go? Voices From Oaxaca

FRI. 10| 06. Duke. Richard White. 4pmPREMIERETo Stay or Go? Voices From Oaxaca. Elva Bishop, USA-Mexico. 2012). 37min"To Stay or Go? Voices From Oaxaca¿ follows a delegation organized by Witness for Peace and Chicle Language Institute to the state of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico. While in Oaxaca the group faced the forces driving emigration: economics, NAFTA, lack of resources due to international corporations, and resulting broken families. Strategies to cope with staying include creative farming methods in the dry Mixteca region, the preservation of native seeds, a women's weaving co-operative, organizations to protect indigenous rights and the empowerment of women and alternative education. The complexity of the dangers and possibilities affects families on both sides of the border.Sponsored by Witness for Peace.