El Centro, Spring 2022
SPRING UPCOMING EVENT SPOTLIGHT
"A Song for Cesar" Film Screening Organized by Dr. Chris Tirres
ONLINE MOVIE VIEWING: Wednesday, May 4th 7:00-9:00 p.m. CST ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION: Thursday, May 5th 4:20-6:00 p.m. CST
How did you learn about the film, A Song for Cesar, and what inspired you to bring it to DePaul? In the fall of 2020, I was invited by a former teacher of mine, Dr. Davíd Carrasco of Harvard University, to be part of a planning committee to commemorate the two year anniversary of the mass shooting that took place in El Paso, Texas on August 3, 2019. (I grew up in El Paso and Prof. Carrasco has strong family ties there.) So to make a long story short, I came to know about the film because Prof. Carrasco suggested that El Paso could screen the documentary as part of their 2021 "Month of Healing." He had previously served as a consultant for the film and knew the film directors. I wanted to bring it to DePaul not only because it's such a terrific documentary that tells the story of the art and music that fueled the Farmworker's Movement, but also because the documentary takes on added meaning when set against the backdrop of El Paso's own use of the arts to heal.
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