Latinx Photo Project Documentary Screening

Join us in the Carnegie Room (2nd floor) at the Port Townsend Public Library for a special screening of the Latinx Photo Project Documentary. The Director of this documentary, Alejandro Palacios will also be in attendance. 

Among the hills, farms and cheese factories of West Marin, a small group of Latinx photographers has carved out an artistic practice, and at the same time created a resilient community. Together, they form a powerful enclave of the Mexican diaspora in Point Reyes, California.

The Latinx Photography Project is a bilingual documentary film that explores how a creative practice like photography can succeed at cultivating leaders who are grounded in community cohesion. With photography as their medium, the participants in this project carve a path in a community that years ago was foreign to most immigrant farmworkers.

This film encourages the viewer to think about questions like:

How can we use art to challenge equalities? 

How do the arts facilitate the integration of different groups? 

How are public spaces and projects accessed by immigrants or other underrepresented groups?

The work created by the photographers offers an intimate glimpse into their lives. Stories about their families, jobs, and experiences on the ranches come into focus and encourage the larger community to come together and share food, music, and dance at traditional celebrations of Latinx culture.

Check out the trailer here.  https://vimeo.com/553528562