6pm | doors 6:30pm | screening + live score of "From Here" 8pm | discussion with director/producer Christina Antonakos-Wallace + composer Alex Guy 8:30pm | reception with refreshments
About (Christina Antonakos-Wallace, US, 2019, 89 min, in English)
Seattle premiere! Before this show, From Here has only been available to stream.
From Here is a hopeful story of four artists and activists based in Berlin and New York whose lives and futures hang in the balance of immigration and integration debates.
As politicians in the U.S. and Europe stoke fears of migrants to win elections and consolidate power, From Here offers a fresh and different perspective to the issues of immigration and belonging. The film is an intimate yet epic look at the stories of four children of immigrants: Tania, Miman, Sonny, and Akim. As each of them moves from their 20s into their 30s, they face major turning points in their lives: fighting for citizenship, starting families and finding room for creative expression.
Filmed over a decade in two of the world’s largest immigration cities, this sensitive, nuanced documentary captures human journeys as it seeks to redefine what it means to “belong” in societies that are increasingly hostile to immigrants.
This screening will feature a live score by Alex Guy, the film’s composer and violist. She will be joined by Rachel Nesvig on violin and Maria Scherer Wilson on cello.
Post-screening discussion with director/producer Christina Antonakos-Wallace and composer Alex Guy
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