Mariposas del Campo

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Monday, November 7, 4 PM AC Theater

2021, USA, Director: Bill Yahraus, Producer: Robin Rosenthal; 86 min.
Indigenous teenagers from Mexico strive to change their destinies in the strawberry fields of Oxnard, California. During tumultuous high school years punctuated by racism and anti-immigrant policies, they capture their journeys on video as they navigate cultural identity, parental expectations, economic challenges, and the justice needs of their migrant farmworker community.