Event

Oaxacalifornia: The Return

When Spirits Dance: Exploring Identity Through Day of the Dead Traditions
NW Coast Premiere
Official Selection
Rated: G
Country: USA
Director: Faviola Leyva
Year: 2022
Genre: Documentary, Educational, Art
Running Time: 12 min.
English
Stars: Christopher Sandoval
Synopsis: For performing arts teacher Christopher Sandoval (Rio Grande Valley 2014), teaching Day of the Dead is not only about cultural identity, but also an opportunity to foster civic engagement in his students. Were here, he says, to open minds in our classroom through culturally responsive teaching, so our children could walk out being more successful and more responsible citizens of this country and of their community.

Oaxacalifornia: The Return
*DIRECTOR WILL ATTEND
- Every youth attending will receive a free, high-quality soccer ball courtesy of RAVE Foundation and Seattle Sounders FC.
In Competition
Sponsored by SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION, TAQUERIA PUEBLA, MAZATLAN RESTAURANT, WAGRO FUNDATION, RAVE FOUNDATION, MAXAM & DELTA AIR LINE/AEROMEXICO
Folklore Oaxaqueño will perform
NW Coast Premiere
Rated: G
Country: Mexico, USA
Director: Trisha Ziff
Year: 2021
Genre: Immigration
Running Time: 84 min.
English & Spanish w/ English subtitles
Synopsis: Twenty-five years ago we met the Mejía family, from Mexico living in the United States, as they traveled to Mexico with their American children. This film finds us in the present, meeting the new generation of Mejías as they make the trip once again. What remains the same, did their dreams come true? Oaxacalifornia: The Return explores notions of family and home, and how fast identity and cultural alliances can shift in a single generation.