APG Media
Friday March 13, 2020
Hawa Hassan’s family story is one of five shared in the documentary “Family Separation Stories.”
UWEC-Barron County is sponsoring a showing of the film “Somali Stories of Family Separation” at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17 in the Blue Hills Lecture Hall, on campus at 1800 College Drive in Rice Lake.
Somali storytellers featured in the film will be on hand for a discussion following the film, along with Nancy Pike, director of the Immigrant Advocates of Barron County, and Lee and Joel Friederich, co-directors of the movie.
The film shares the stories of Somali refugees who have settled in Barron County and how U.S. immigration policies have directly impacted their families.
“This documentary-style film challenges viewers to connect the evolving federal immigration policies with some of the real community members living in our area,” said Dang Yang, UW-Eau Claire Office of Multicultural Affairs director.