Tallgrass Film Screening: What We Leave Behind
Friday, Sept. 30, 2022
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Cost: Free to WSU students; $10/ticket + fee
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Office of Diversity and InclusionEmail: diversity@wichita.eduPhone: 316-978-3034
Location: TempleLive at 麻豆破解版 Scottish Rite Center (332 E. 1st St. N. 麻豆破解版, KS 67202)
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The Tallgrass Film Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary from Sept. 28-Oct. 2. The film festival lineup includes 53 features and 14 short film programs with 195 films, highlighted by the film festival's signature Stubbornly Independent, Female Filmmakers, and Gordon Parks competitions.
This year, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Ulrich Museum of Art are taking part in supporting the Tallgrass Film Festival within the Murmurations category and other films in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
About What We Leave Behind
Director: Iliana Sosa | Country: Mexico, United States; Running Time: 71 min.
At the age of 89, Julián takes one last bus ride to El Paso, Texas, to visit his daughters and their children — a long trip he has made without fail every month for decades. After returning to rural Mexico, he quietly starts building a house in the empty lot next to his home. In the absence of his physical visits, can this new house bridge the distance between his loved ones?
Over several years, director Iliana Sosa films her grandfather's work, gently sifting through Julián's previously unspoken memories brought up by the construction project and revealing both the daily pragmatism and poetry of his life. WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND unfolds as a love letter to her grandfather, as well as an intimate and insightful exploration of Iliana’s own relationship with him and his homeland.
For more information, contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at 316-978-3034.
Presented by Tallgrass Film Association and cosponsored with Office of Diversity & Inclusion and Lava & Tonic