Film Screening: Docked In-Person
Join us for the screening of "Docked" created by Producer, Director, Cinematographer, and Writer Sarah C. Sifers. Directly following the screening we will have a Q&A with Sarah and human rights activists Tom Acker and Ignacio Alvarado.
"Docked" examines the plight of sheepherders working the Western Range of the Rocky Mountains through the eyes of Tom Acker (a human rights activist), Ignacio Alvarado (a former sheepherder from Chile) and Lionel (a current sheepherder from Chile) as he works his sheep through the ranges in Colorado and Wyoming. Brought into the country through the Department of Labor's (DOL) H2A temporary visa program because no American is willing to work under these conditions, they are paid $750 a month for a job that requires being on call 24/7. With the rationale that these sheepherders are being brought in from third-world countries where they would have earned less money and lived in similar conditions, the film explores whether that is a valid argument for denying these sheepherders basic human rights. Learn more: https://www.grandvalleyuu.org/films.html
For more information on this event, contact Brooke Carlson (bcarlson@coloradomesa.edu).
- Date:
- Friday, April 12, 2024
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 8:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Mountain Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Center for Teaching and Learning (L139)
- Campus:
- Colorado Mesa University - Grand Junction
- Audience:
- CMU Students, Faculty, & Staff Grand Junction Community
- Categories:
- CMU Students, Faculty, & Staff Public
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