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SUMMARY:(CANCELED ! due to sub-freezing temps) Brandywine Peace Community Monthly Potluck Supper & Program: Screening of "HARVEST OF EMPIRE: The Untold Story of Latinos in America
DESCRIPTION:Brandywine Peace Community Monthly Potluck Supper & Program\, 2nd Sunday of the month\,  at University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA 19104 (corner of 37th & Chestnut St\, in the University City section of the city\, limited parking in lot at the rear of the church) \n4:30p.m. Potluck Supper (bring main dish\, salad\, or dessert).  Program begins at 5:30p.m. \nScreening of the powerful documentary film that examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis in the U.S. \n \n” ‘Harvest of Empire’ has a journalistic pedigree and a punch that comes from political advocacy…The filmmakers retain a touching faith that most Americans won’t tolerate injustice when they know about it.  This film is meant to teach them.” -New York Times\nHARVEST OF EMPIRE: The Untold Story of Latinos in America\n(U.S.\, 2012\, 90 mins.\, Directed by Peter Getzels and Eduardo Lopez. Screenplay by Juan Gonzalez\, based on the book Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez. Narrated by Juan Gonzalez. Film trailer here: https://vimeo.com/48145023 ) \nThis documentary film examines the role of the United States military and economic interests in Latin American countries. It documents the relationship between United States’ intervention in the Dominican Republic\, Guatemala\, Nicaragua\, and El Salvador\, and the surge of migration from those nations. It links this exodus to the present massive Latino population in the United States. Also discussed are the wars fought for United States colonial expansion into Puerto Rico\, Cuba\, and over half of Mexico.It documents the covert actions by the United States to install dictatorships in the Dominican Republic\, Guatemala\, Nicaragua\, and El Salvador. \nThe film features interviews with Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu\, Jesse Jackson\, executive director of the ACLU Anthony Romero\, Junot Diaz\, Lorenzo Meyer\, Maria Hinojosa\, Geraldo Rivera\, musician Luis Enrique\, and poet Martin Espada. \nFor more information\, call (610) 544-1818 or e-mail brandywine@juno.com \n
URL:http://www.brandywinepeace.com/event/brandywine-peace-community-monthly-potluck-supper-program-screening-of-harvest-of-empire-the-untold-story-of-latinos-in-america/
LOCATION:University Lutheran Church\, 3637 Chestnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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