Sep 24 Tue
2019

""Hasta La Raíz" Documentary Screening and Conversation with Ana Maria Belique

12:30PM - 02:30PM Tenley Campus - Yuma Y402 Classroom

The Academy on Human Rights is happy to present a screening of "Hasta La Rais" and a conversation with cast member Ana Maria Belique.

 Imagine the country where you were born and raised tell you one day that you do not belong anymore because of your parents’ origins. You’d be forced to deny who you are, to hide your roots, excluded from civil life, and condemned to live in poverty. ‘Down to the Root’ is the story of three women facing this reality in the Dominican Republic where a part of society rejects them while another embraces and fights alongside them on a journey toward the recognition of their rights, and a proud re-encounter with their identity.

 Ana Maria Belique, a cast member in the documentary, is the coordinator of Reconocido (Red Común Nacional Organizada de Ciudadanos/as Domininicanos/as), a movement that campaigns for citizenship rights and equality for all Dominicans of Haitian descent, mobilizes and empowers marginalised communities, and accompanies people who need legal support to access their documents.


Organizer

Academy on Human Rights & Humanitarian Law

Where

Washington College of Law
Tenley Campus - Yuma Y402 Classroom
4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW
Washington DC
20016