IF YOU WATCH…
Where: Eventive via aspenfilm.org
When: Program Nine; Streaming through April 11
How Much: $15/single program; $60/Five Program Pass; $150/Full Virtual Pass; $250/VIP Pass; $45/student pass
Tickets: aspenfilm.org
More info: A livestream Q&A with filmmakers from Program Nine will run Saturday, April 10 at 3 p.m.
So much of what we see about contemporary U.S. immigration is centered on the halls of power in Washington or on the people crossing at the southern border. The eye-opening and inspiring short documentary “Welcome Strangers” instead trains its compassionate focus on a moment you might not have previously thought about.
IF YOU WATCH…
Where: Eventive via aspenfilm.org
When: Program One; Streaming Tuesday to Sunday
How Much: $15/single program; $60/Five Program Pass; $150/Full Virtual Pass; $250/VIP Pass; $45/student pass
Tickets: aspenfilm.org
More info: A livestream Q&A with filmmakers from Program One will run Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Set and shot in Telluride, the short film “Chuj Boys of Summer” is an intimate portrait of a friendship among young immigrants in Colorado ski country.
It stars high school students Yak Alux and Pedro Lucas, each playing a version of himself Yakin and Petu as a young Chuj immigrant working in the resort town. The Chuj are a Mayan people from the mountains in what is now Guatemala. A sizable portion of Chuj immigrants have settled in the mountains of Colorado and in Telluride, where director Max Walker-Silverman estimated the Chuj community numbers about 200.