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Join us for a night of storytelling, history, and organizing around Eternos Indocumentados directed by Jennifer A. Cárcamo, a documentary which lays bare the root causes of forced migration from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, as well as the US practice of inhumane refugee incarceration. A counter-representation to the one-dimensional portrayal of Central Americans in the media—and a constant association with “insecurities”—the film highlights stories of resistance in the isthmus and beyond. The screening and the optional donation will raise money for solidarity orgs resisting fascism in El Salvador.

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In July 2014, mainstream US media became flooded with images of what they termed “unaccompanied Central American children.” Most of these children—many coming with their parents—were fleeing from the violent consequences of U.S. intervention in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Once in the United States, they were detained in what migrants have come to label “hieleras” (ice boxes) in makeshift detention centers around the country. Rather than providing asylum to these refugees, the Obama Administration used this “humanitarian crisis” to expand the previously defunct practice of family detention. By the spring of 2015, more than 3,000 refugee women, children, and members of the LGBTQI community were illegally detained. Based on interviews with recently arrived Central Americans as well as interviews with organizers leading the struggle on the ground in Central America, this film captures the stories of Central American refugees and explores the root causes of forced migration. In the words of the late Salvadoran poet, Roque Dalton, as he says in his Poema de Amor, this film is about los Eternos Indocumentados (the Eternally Undocumented).

Directed and produced by Jennifer A. Caarcamo

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$10 suggested donation for solidarity organizations in Centroamerica.