Eva Santos, Cesar Chox, Tisa Chicaga. I Am a Dreamer | I am a Dreamer

Eva Santos, an immigrant rights activist from Dominican Republic meets with her friend Andrew Avila after some time of not seeing each other, she updates him talking about her achievement: enrolling in CUNY and winning The Dream US scholarship. As well they both open up, and share intimate experiences with issues of divorce, children, power struggles and abuse. Cesar Chox is a Maya-K'iche artist. He was born in the department of Sololá in Guatemala. He came to New York at the age of 16 and left Laura, her partner who was expecting his first child, Bryan, in his hometown. Cesar migrated to be able to financially support his family. After not seeing each other in person for 15 years, Laura has just come to NY. Cesar has never met his son Bryan in person. He is looking to start the process to be able to bring it to NY, with the help of the Tepeyac organization. Tonight César is going to participate in a collective exhibition in Times Square. Tisa is a filmmaker from Zambia whose work explores themes of immigration, identity, and what it means to belong. We will follow her on the process of making her film “Kitchen Party”, named after the pre-wedding celebration, that trains brides-to-be in the traditional expectations for a Zambian wife. Guest List: Andrew Avila, Dancer Tisa Chigaga, Filmmaker Cesar Chox, Painter Elaine Mendez, Artist/Curator, NYC Arts Empire Eva Santos, Student/Activist, CUNY/Make the Road NY Original tape date: February 17, 2023. First aired: April 12, 2023. In the documentary series ‘I Am A Dreamer’, we see the experience of DREAMers & undocumented immigrants, we go into their lives, their dreams and their struggles in this city. Through fast-paced images and heartfelt stories we hope to inspire our audience to be socially active and also to support the organizations that are working on behalf of the thousands of undocumented immigrants, so ‘I Am A Dreamer’ is a tool to engage the audience in social change. In the production process we make sure to create a safe space for the people involved telling their stories of migration. The series started in 2017, as a reaction to the cancellation of DACA by the Trump Administration and we are currently producing our 6th season. Watch more I am a dreamer at www.tv.cuny.edu/show/iamadreamer I am a dreamer' playlist: • I Am a Dreamer on... Subscribe to the CUNY TV channel: https://bit.ly/2GmGb13 Follow CUNY TV: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CUNYTV Twitter: https://twitter.com/cunytv Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cuny75/ YouTube: / cunytv75 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cunytv/ Find more from CUNY TV at https://tv.cuny.edu DREAM06005 V1