Documentary film about Hispanics in North Carolina to be shown April 17

By Vanessa Urruela Willis
(336) 758-5237
April 9, 2002

Wake Forest University’s Latin American Studies program will sponsor a screening of the documentary “Nuestra Comunidad: Latinos in North Carolina” on April 17 at 7:30 p.m. in Greene Hall, Room 162. The event is free and open to the public.

Filmmakers Penny Simpson and Joanne Hershfield of Duke University will lead a discussion about “Nuestra Comunidad” after the screening. The film provides a range of Latino voices that differ according to social class, occupation, and economic and cultural viewpoints.

For more information, call Keith Richards, visiting associate professor in the Wake Forest Romance languages department, at 336-758-3543.