Not Here, Not There
Directed by: Betsy Haley Hershey - 63 min. - USA / Costa Rica
film website
When a family of six Costa Rican siblings separates through illegal immigration, uncertainty arises about where home really is. The four oldest brothers have left home to work illegally in the U.S., leaving behind their mother and young siblings behind in the rustic mountain village that is becoming known as "the island of lonely women."

The young men coming of age in a foreign culture struggle with conflicted self-identities. Urgent matters call them back home. Have they become too "Americanized" to return? A cycle has begun in the family, a cycle of rootlessness.

This documentary reminds us that while people everywhere worry about the protection of their borders, each individual immigrant has a family, a story and a dream.


Not Here, Not There film screens after:


17 Degrees Ain't Nothing
Director: Carlton Mackey - 30 min. - USA
film website
The story of 5 local individuals placed in the context of a global conversation about the economy, the recession, and the real life impact of it.



5:00 pm
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The Carter Center
$8

back to schedule...