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Title: A Story in Motion: Morelys
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Grandas, Ludy
Description: A Story in Motion: Morelys features Morelys, a Dominican young woman, shares her recent immigration experience to DC., the transformation of her poetry and her engagement for a better world. film by Ludy Grandas, presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival on April 28, 2023 at American University.
Subject: film festival, film, A Story in Motion: Morelys, Ludy Grandas
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
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Title: East of the River
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Elsiwi, Amin; Bouknight, Phil; Madison, Jeffrey
Description: East of the River begins with the tragic death of a young boy named Kelvin Mock, who died in a trash burn in the landfill that preceded Kenilworth Park in North East Washington, DC. The film tells the story of the Kenilworth area from a landfill to a park and provides a space for the residents to share their memories that had a connection to Kenilworth Landfill. The film was created by Amin Elsiwi, Phil Bouknight, and Jeffrey Madison. This film got into three film festivals: DC Independent Film Festival, Bethesda film festival, Community stories film festival that is organized by Docs in Progress. It was also presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival on April 28, 2023 at American University.
Subject: film festival, film, East of the River, Amin Elsiwi, Phil Bouknight, Jeffrey Madison
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Eliza
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Grandas, Ludy
Description: Eliza is a short documentary that tells the powerful story of a Salvadoran woman who migrated to the United States more than a decade ago and is now a volunteer and truck driver in DC. Her new life has been interesting, but great joy came along when she could drive a big truck once more. film is by Ludy Grandas and was presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival at American University on April 28, 2023.
Subject: film festival, film, Eliza, Ludy Grandas
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Hard Choices
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Stokes, Benjamin
Description: film Hard Choices by Benjamin Stokes, presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival at American University on April 28, 2023.
Subject: film festival, film, Benjamin Stokes, Hard Choices
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Out of Our Shells
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Sinnreich, Aram
Description: Using the Humanities Truck as a mobile recording studio, the Out of Our Shells team selected 14 DMV-area musical artists across a range of styles, genres, generations, nationalities, ethnicities, languages, and neighborhoods, and provided each one with a professional-quality recording of their work. Each artist retained the full rights to their work, while granting non-commercial use for it under an open license. film created by Aram Sinnreich. presented at the Humanities Truck film festival on April 28, 2023 at American University.
Subject: film festival, film, Aram Sinnreich, Out of Our Shells
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: A Story in Motion: Isabella
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Grandas, Ludy
Description: A Story in Motion: Isabella features Isabella, a young immigrant woman who arrived in DC as an adolescent, shares how the experience of living in DC moved her emotions and cultural identity even closer to her native Colombia. film by Ludy Grandas, presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival on April 28, 2023 at American University.
Subject: film festival, film, A Story in Motion: Isabella, Ludy Grandas
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: A Story in Motion: Johana
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Grandas, Ludy
Description: A Story in Motion: Johanna features Johanna, a former resident but current elementary school teacher in the Mt Pleasant neighborhood in Washington, DC, shares how the process of gentrification impacted her community and transformed her neighborhood. film created by Ludy Grandas, presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival on April 28, 2023 at American University.
Subject: film festival, film, A Story in Motion: Johanna, Ludy Grandas
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Voices Heard Along Penn Ave SE
Date: April 28, 2023
Creator: Stokes, Benjamin
Description: Voices Heard Along Penn Ave SE film created by Benjamin Stokes, presented at the Humanities Truck Film Festival on April 28, 2023.
Subject: film festival, film
Country: United States
Collection: Humanities Truck Film Festival 2023
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

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