Cine Farito will host a community gathering and screening at Performance Space New York of Borderland: The Line Within, the latest feature documentary from Oscar, Emmy and Overseas Press Club Award-winning filmmaker Pamela Yates. Borderland explores and exposes the cruel human cost of immigration at the same time as it weaves in stories of immigrants who want to build a social movement to demand their human rights. A conversation with its filmmakers and community gathering will follow.
About Cine Farito
Cine Farito is a group of families partnering with filmmakers to shed light on the issues that deeply affect marginalized communities. Through film screenings, we raise funds to provide direct financial assistance to the most vulnerable families in our community, whose safety is threatened by harmful federal immigration policies and exclusion.
Who the funds will go to:
As an ad-hoc subcommittee of the Family Association of PS513, Cine Farito is committed to advocating for immigrant rights and humanity. The funds raised will support families in our community who are in urgent need of legal or economic resources.
Our initiative begins with screenings of three powerful documentaries—Borderland (dir. Pamela Yates), The Infiltrators (dir. Cristina Ibarra & Alex Rivera), and abUSed: The Postville Raid (dir. Luis Argueta). These films tell gripping, urgent stories of the immigrant experience in today’s climate, raising awareness and amplifying the need for justice. All funds will directly benefit individuals and families in our community facing legal and financial hardships.