Migrant Memories - Precarious Lives Film Festival Comes To NYU

Katie Halper February 7, 2008 | 7:34 pm EST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-OVQil-UQw

The “Migrant Memories - Precarious Lives” Documentary Film Series, which opens tonight at NYU’s King Juan Carlos Center, is a series of four documentaries and discussions on memories of migration and precarious work-life conditions from/to Spain. The series is free! And all films have English subtitles.

Tonight’s film is Said’s Journey, which won the Goya (Spain’s equivalent of an Oscar) for Best Animation Short, tells the story of a Moroccan boy who crosses the sea to Spain but discovers that the world is not as beautiful as he has been told. Check out the trailer, above. Although it’s not in English, Said’s ambivalence, fear, and excitement, manifested in his vision of Spain as a frightening and alluring amusement park, is universal. So and check out the festival. If you can’t make Said’s Journey, you can still see three other great films on migration and memory. And learn more about Moroccan immigrants in Spain here.