[Peace] Great Doccie Screening Tonight "Land of Opportunity"

[Brian Dolinar]

Land of Opportunity
November 7, 7:00 pm, Room 2 Education Building

The University of Illinois Department of Urban and Regional Planning will
be hosting a showing of Land of Opportunity,  a film by Luisa Dantas about
the ongoing effort to rebuild New  Orleans, presented through the eyes of
several residents and participants. Through diverse stories of ordinary
people, the film explores the core  urban issues of urban development,
immigration, and affordable  housing.  Dantas has dedicated five years of
her life and taken thousands  of hours of film for this effort. The showing
will be followed by an open discussion with the filmmaker.  More
information, including video clips, can be found at
http://www.landofopportunitymovie.com/.

Co-sponsored by
School of Architecture
Department of Geography
Department of Anthropology
Department of Sociology
Department of Latina/Latino Studies
Department of Media and Cinema Studies

Also, Luisa Dantas will be on the radio on WILL Focus 580 on Monday morning
at 10:00am.  Listen in for a preview of the film and more discussion with
the filmmaker.

A personal note: I worked closely with Luisa in New Orleans, and she is the
best observer of post-Katrina life in New Orleans. She was on the ground,
every day, filming something somewhere, for about five years.  She had no
preconceived agenda, and she learned from what she observed. Unfortunately,
the film is only a tiny fraction of what she has done, but it's the part
that we get to see. She will be presenting the film at the University of
Chicago, so I arranged for her to come here as well.  I strongly encourage
you to attend.
-Rob Olshansky





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Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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