Screening of 2501 Migrants: A Journey

2501 Migrants: A Journey is a full-length documentary that explores the relationship between art and the impact of global migration on Indigenous communities. It is the story of Alejandro Santiago, a renowned artist and family man from Oaxaca, Mexico. After a brief, self-imposed exile in France, Santiago returns home to his native Teococuilco and experiences the fact that Oaxaca has become one of Mexico's “leading exporters of human labor”. Inspired by this realization, he undertakes a monumental project: the creation of 2,501 life-size sculptures—his homage to each individual migrant who has left his village. Introduction from filmmaker, Yolanda Cruz.

"Watch the Trailer":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXAYUKBSv78

This screening will be held in conjunction with an exhibition and pannel discussion on "Art, Indigenous Communities and Migration in the Age of Globalization

The Panel will be held on Wednesday, June 27 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the UW Ethnic Cultural Theatre with Filmmaker Yolanda Cruz, Erasmo Gamboa, AgustÍn Jacinto Zavala, Colegio de MichoacÁn, and Shinzaburo Takeda - moderated by UW professor Lauro Flores. More info "here.":http://depts.washington.edu/aes/

The exhibition, _Art & Migration: Takeda and His Disciples_, will be on view in the "Jacob Lawrence Gallery":http://art.washington.edu/63_Jacob-Lawrence-Gallery. OPENING CEREMONY on Friday, June 29, 6:30 p.m.