Un Dia Normal & Decoupling

95 Minutes

UN DIA NORMAL (A Normal Day)
Directed by Maurizio Dominguez MI 31 minutes
Amidst the possible cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, immigrant Esmeralda Monzón is detained by armed Immigration & Customs Enforcement officers who believe she is in the country illegally. Facing the threat of deportation, Esmeralda experiences a panic attack while trying to prove her valid DACA status to the officers – without revealing that her mother is undocumented. Based on a true story.
**Director Maurizio Dominguez and Actress Angeles Vara attending.

DECOUPLING 脱钩
Directed by Yinan Wang WI 64 minutes
Born in China and living in the American Midwest, filmmaker Yinan Wang travels to Beijing to retrieve his 3-year-old “American” daughter who has been stranded there due to the recent “decoupling” of China and the US. He reflects on
the distress caused by identity, nationalism, and geopolitics he experiences as a member of a transnational migrant family.
**Director Yinan Wang attending.

Showtimes

Saturday, March 1, 3:30 pm, Studio C