This September, hundreds of organizations across the U.S. will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Welcoming Week. This year's theme is "Where We Belong." Join Cinema Center and Welcoming Fort Wayne as we explore how multiculturalism impacts the creative process.
Welcoming Week Fort Wayne, an initiative of Amani Family Services, is a collaborative effort of community partners to create spaces of belonging for immigrants and refugees in Fort Wayne.
The following films will screen, after which the filmmakers will join community members for a conversation:
Soyka
Director/Writer: Anastasiya Sergienya
Anna, a young woman from Belarus, tries to survive in New York City while dreaming of a better life. This intimate portrait of an individual showcases the experience of the American immigrant: loneliness, fear, happiness, self-realization, and ultimately hope.
Flora Linguis
Director/Writer/Producer: Daniela Godel
"In the taxis they recognize us as the family of the languages". This is a little exploration around multilinguism, a small mess of colors, emotions and thoughts, all in different languages.
The Knell
Director/Writer/Producer: Joseph Osei-Bonsu
On his first day at an Oklahoman university, a student from Ghana with hopes of achieving the American Dream encounters a beautiful yet mysterious campus tour guide who sends him down a deadly path to an American nightmare.
The US and the Holocaust | PBS WFWA
A film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novice, & Sarah Botstein
Cinema Center will screen a 40-minute preview of this three-part, six-hour series that tells the story of how the American people grappled with one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century, and how this struggle tested the ideals of our democracy.