Art and Culture

Philadelphia Elite Steal a Billion Dollars from One Man .

When Albert C. Barnes was born it was not to a upper echelon family, rather a lower middle class family teetering on the brink of poverty in the Phillidephia. He got into college, but had to ring fight in order to pay for his tuition. A bright man he came up with a medical cure while at the university, which stopped an eye disease effecting infants at the time. Having a understanding of progress that the old money in the city did not have access to, he decided to make his fortune grow into something other than power.

Award-Winning Filmmaker Yolanda Cruz Presents Her New Film on Immigration and Indigenous Identity in the Global Economy

2 Nov 2010 7:00 pm
2 Nov 2010 9:00 pm
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Award-Winning Filmmaker Yolanda Cruz Presents Her New Film on Immigration and Indigenous Identity in the Global Economy

Yolanda Cruz, an
award-winning Chatino filmmaker from Oaxaca, Mexico and an Evergreen
graduate, will present her most recent film, "2501 Migrants," and
discuss her experiences filming in indigenous Oaxacan villages, where
migration to the U.S. has significantly changed the reality of life on
both sides of the border.

“2501 Migrants: A Journey” explores global migration through the art of