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Screening: 'Mi Vida Dentro'

• New York
• 08/04/2010
• 06:00 PM

This screening is part of the Verano Tropical film series. Mi vida dentro (My Life Inside) is a documentary directed by Lucía Gajá (Mexico, 2007, 120 minutes). In January 2003, 21-year-old Rosa Estela Olera Jiménez, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico working as a nanny in Austin, Texas, is brought to trial for the homicide of 21-month-old Bryan Gutierrez, a young boy who died under mysterious circumstances while in her care.

The prosecution is relentless in its demonization of Jiménez, a soft-spoken mother of two who was working to one day buy her mother a house and build a better life for herself in the land of opportunity. With a sweeping, lyrical focus, the film encompasses the obstacles, prejudices and Sisyphean struggles faced by many Mexican migrant workers who leave their lives behind to pursue the American dream.

Venue: Instituto Cervantes, 211-215 East, 49th Street New York, NY 10017. Subway: E,V to Lexington Ave-53rd St; 6 to 51st St. In Spanish, with English subtitles.

Phone: 212-308-7720

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