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Fly So Far - A Film by Celina Escher

Film Screening and Panel Discussion

In Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month at UWL

Join us at 5pm on Monday, October 3 at the Student Union Theatre for a screening of Fly So Far, a film by Celina Escher, followed by a panel discussion featuring UWL faculty and guests from Planned Parenthood of La Crosse.

The panel will be moderated by Christine Hippert (Archaeology & Anthropology) with:

  • Jake Fischer (Planned Parenthood of La Crosse)
  • Astrid Lorena Ochoa Campo (Global Cultures & Languages)
  • Keely Rees (Public Health & Community Health Education)
  • Joella Striebel (Planned Parenthood of La Crosse)
  • Megan Strom (Global Cultures & Languages)
  • Jodi Vandenberg-Daves (Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)

This event is presented by the UWL Institute of Latin American and Latino Studies (ILLAS) with the support of the Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, the Department of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and the College Feminists Organization.

Free and open to the public.

Synopsis

Imagine that you are pregnant. You are in your ninth month. You feel an intense pain. You faint. When you wake up you are at the hospital, surrounded by police officers. They accuse you of having killed your own baby. This is the story of Teodora Vásquez, the spokesperson of The Seventeen, the women accused of aggravated homicide in El Salvador because of having a miscarriage or a stillbirth.

Fly So Far follows Teodora and The Seventeen in their struggle to regain their freedom. Due to the criminalization of abortion, they have been sentenced up to 30 years in prison for having an obstetric emergency. Their testimonies and cases are evidence of the State's violence against women, but also of collective resilience, solidarity, and sisterhood.

More information about the film and The Seventeen can be found at flysofarfilm.com.

Hispanic Heritage Month at UWL 2022 is organized by the Institute for Latin American and Latino Studies (ILLAS), and the Department of Global Cultures & Languages. Events are made possible with the support of the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CASSH), Murphy Library, and Wisconsin Public Radio. For more information, or special accommodations, please contact Dr. Omar Granados at ogranados@uwlax.edu.

When

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  • 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, 2022

Where

Student Union Theatre, 120 Student Union

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University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Student Union

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Omar Granados at 608.785.5243 or ogranados@uwlax.edu.

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