10 Annual Immigration Film Fest

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Fri, Oct 20, 2023 - Sun, Oct 22, 2023  7pm - 8pm

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The Immigration Film Fest is hosted by KAMA DC, a volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to providing a platform for immigrants and refugees in the DMV to share their skills and stories. This year we are bringing you a hybrid film festival with virtual screenings and several in-person screenings in Washington, DC from October 20-22.

In-person screenings at the Edlavitch DCJCC include:

October 21 at 6pm - kick off the night with a reception and screening of Sisterhood, a short documentary film following the fight to protect migrant domestic workers in Lebanon during the pandemic after they are abandoned by their employers, and followed by the documentary Estamos Unidos, which follows a migrant caravan as they work together toward asylum by crossing Central America on foot.

October 22 at 12pm - five incredible short films, both narrative and documentary, feature young immigrants navigating new cultures, languages, and homes through imagination and creativity.

October 22 at 5pm - Our opening short film Baseball Behind Barbed Wires explores the history of WWII Japanese Internment through the lens of baseball. This will be followed by the feature film, Nurse Unseen, which highlights the history and humanity of unsung Filipino nurses risking their lives on the frontlines.

Filmmaker Q&A will follow all of the film screenings!