Screen/Society-- NC Latin American Film Festival--"To Stay or Go? Voices from Oaxaca" w/ director Elva Bishop

Film Screening -- "To Stay or Go? Voices From Oaxaca" (Elva Bishop, 2012, 37min min, USA/Mexico, English & Spanish w/ English subtitles, Color, DVD) "To Stay or Go?" 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. -- The Festival is produced and organized by the Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University at UNC-CH and Duke University.