Immigrant Rights Highlight Indie Film Festival

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

The struggles and day-to-day barriers faced by immigrants is a focus of this year's DC Independent Film Festival. Featured films include Saturday's screening of "Immigrant Nation!: The Battle for the Dream" and "The Mills." Immigrant Nation tells the story of the modern immigrant rights movement and the struggle of single mother Elvira Arellano, who fought against her deportation. Both films screen on March 6 at 3:30P. "DC Jobs with Justice is partnering with the award-winning DC Independent Film Festival to bring you a series of short and full-length feature movies under the lens 'This is America: Films on Immigration,'" says DC JwJ's Ruth Castel-Branco. The Festival runs through March 14. "Order your tickets through DC JwJ and half the proceeds will go towards supporting workers in the District," adds Castel-Branco. Click here for tickets, or for more information email rcastel@dclabor.org or call 202-974-8281. - photo: at the NCIC march for immigration reform in May 2009; photo by Adam Wright