Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has separated thousands of immigrant children from their families or caretakers at the border. Detention centers have sprung up around the country to confine these children, often for many months, in deplorable conditions.
The film 'La historia de Mateo' (2019, 23 mins) follows a family's journey as they flee Central America to the US. It documents the process of seeking legal asylum and contemplates the toxic stress resulting from family separation. Following a screening of the film, Los Angeles-based artists rafa esparza, Gala Porras-Kim, and Sandy Rodriguez joined the film’s director, Malona P. Badelt, in a moderated conversation. The conversation explored how these LA-based artists call attention to this humanitarian crisis.
This conversation took place over Zoom on October 1, 2020.
Learn more about this event:
https://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_3230.html
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has separated thousands of immigrant children from their families or caretakers at the border. Detention centers have sprung up around the country to confine these children, often for many months, in deplorable conditions.
The film 'La historia de Mateo' (2019, 23 mins) follows a family's journey as they flee Central America to the US. It documents the process of seeking legal asylum and contemplates the toxic stress resulting from family separation. Following a screening of the film, Los Angeles-based artists rafa esparza, Gala Porras-Kim, and Sandy Rodriguez joined the film’s director, Malona P. Badelt, in a moderated conversation. The conversation explored how these LA-based artists call attention to this humanitarian crisis.
This conversation took place over Zoom on October 1, 2020.
Learn more about this event:
https://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_3230.html
