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Fruits of Labor Review: A Mexican American Family s Struggles in Central California Fruits of Labor Review: A Mexican American Family s Struggles in Central California
Emily Cohen Ibanez s documentary is an intriguing look at the heavily responsibilities borne by an undocumented immigrant s teen daughter.
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Running time: Running time: 77 MIN.
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Those who complain “immigrants are stealing our jobs” hardly seem likely applicants for the jobs held by protagonists in “Fruits of Labor” such as cleaning other people’s houses or working the graveyard shift in a food processing plant. Constant hard work doesn’t seem to bring the American Dream much closer for this Mexican American family on California’s central coast. Emily Cohen Ibanez’s debut feature provides a flavorful glimpse at lives seldom represented in popular media, though she also obfuscates that view somewhat with fussily artistic fil
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Join faculty and students across the University for the opening of “Mervyn Dymally: The Bridge-Builder of Los Angeles,” a virtual exhibit that highlights Dymally’s deep commitment to human rights and advocacy for marginalized people. This project was made possible with the support of California Humanities, a nonprofit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The event will be held on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with special guest speaker, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu.
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They say timing is everything, and for a while, it looked like timing would bring Anjanette Maraya-Ramey nothing but grief.
In March of 20`19, the choreographer and longtime arts administrator was in remission after an intense battle with leukemia. With the kind of carpe-diem spirit that can come from surviving a serious health challenge, the South Bay native decided it was time to bet on herself.
The plan was to finally make good on her dream of opening a performing arts center in the community where she grew up that would serve the multicultural population she grew up with. After much planning and negotiating, Maraya-Ramey found a location in Eastlake. She invested her retirement savings in a five-year lease, which she signed on March 2, 2020.
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