IMMIGRATION: Migration Is Beautiful > Black Contemporary Art

MIGRATION IS BEAUTIFUL

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Migration Is Beautiful” was just released on by Voice of Art today! This short 3-part documentary follows powerhouse artist/activist Favianna Rodgriguez — a leading voice in the movement of artists raising awareness about U.S. immigration issues and many other pro-migrant artists as they go to Tucson and Charlotte to combat anti-migrant hate with art. It also shines light on some of the worst migration policies in the country and what the community is doing to fight them back.

Favianna is a co-founder of both Presente.org and Culture Strike, two groups pushing back against the wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric and legislation that has recently swept the nation. Pulitzer Prize winning author Jose Antonio Vargas explains the ironies of anti-immigration hysteria in a country founded by immigrants. Favianna participates in a visual campaign using the Monarch Butterfly as a symbol of the beauty and dignity of migrants.

More Voice of Art here: http://bit.ly/NPJfj7