Living Los Sures
Screening of the groundbreaking documentary LOS SURES (60 min., 1984, Dir: Diego Echeverria) chronicling Latino lives in pre-gentrified Williamsburg and inspiring the current collaborative UnionDocs project, LIVING LOS SURES (see trailer below).
Discussion: former Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment CYNTHIA LOPEZ, with CHRISTOPHER ALLEN (UnionDocs) and MELVIN ESTRELLA.
Presented in collaboration with UnionDocs Center for Documentary Arts, and NYU's Center for Media, Culture and History, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Latino Studies.
This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Trailer for UnionDocs Living Los Sures
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