We are not alone.
Dear Homeland’s Social Impact Campaign
ABOUT DEAR HOMELAND
Dear Homeland is a feature-length documentary film produced by KQED and directed by Claudia Escobar about undocumented Mexican singer Diana Gameros and her immigration journey from Ciudad Juárez to San Francisco, California. It’s a deep reflection on family, resilience, and the meaning of home.
IMPACT GOAL
Our goal is to bring people together at each screening who have a shared experience of migration and longing for a home they can’t freely visit, and to engage in communal conversations through art.
Why is sharing communal experiences through art important?
#celebrateundocuartists #allowed2imagine
“The number of undocumented artists ready and eager to hone their practice has created a great demand for opportunities, with not enough supply.”
- Favianna Rodriguez from “Investing in Immigrant Artists is a Cultural Imperative”
“It’s still ‘surprising’ for migrant communities to be seen as creatives and able to imagine for themselves.”
- Guiñansaca from “Allowed to Imagine: What We Lose When Migrant Folks Aren’t Able to Create”
“There needs to be an investment in migrant storytellers who are the only ones who can write about us in all of our complexity.”
- Guiñansaca from “Allowed to Imagine: What We Lose When Migrant Folks Aren’t Able to Create”
36+ organizations are using the film to…
Strengthen their work
IGNITE conversations about undocumented artists and how their work is a powerful form of resistance
Inspire and empower undocumented artists to create and educate others to invest in their work
What people are saying
“I had four friends attend who are trying to become US citizens so it really hit home. Thank you for telling this story!”
“It touched my heart, spirit, and mind.”
“The strength was the show of a family's love separated by distance, but the bonds of love persist and vanquish the circumstances that are the context causing the separation.”
“The explanation of home and homeland made me think about how I see the concept of home."
”Que filme tan hermoso, tantas emociones, me enchinaste la piel, plasmaste lo que cantas en imágenes imborrables y que trascienden el alma.”
"HOME, donde vive el corazón."
"This film reminds me of my first years in America. Now, I have difficulties relating to the ‘homeland,’ since I no longer have a homeland that I am able to relate to.”
"Home means a place--not necessarily a geographical space. It means a place where others speak a common language, again, not necessarily English, Spanish, or any particular language, but a form, a style of expression."
"Home/ Hogar is where my loved ones are even if they are far away...so that’s in my heart always!"
"Home is where you rest, the place where you safe. Dear Homeland, some people like me have no home more than ourselves but our bodies can work as a home for the soul. Gracias por tan preciosa película!!! Sigo llorando."
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“I wanted to reverse the narrative and diversify it by showing what it is actually like for immigrants to finally go back home,” says @cla_utopia, director of @DearHomelandDoc. The story of @DianaGameros. https://t.co/TGmSSulLl7
— BeLatina News (@be_latina) September 14, 2020
A just, sustainable, joyful world is possible. C/o the latest in the Mvmt to the Ballot Box art series! Artists are using their voice to envision a better future & inspire us to #Vote in the biggest election of our lifetime. Art by Lani Rodriguez #VoteEarly #Vote2020 #FreeThemAll pic.twitter.com/X04j5afcf2
— The Center for Cultural Power (@CultureStrike) September 8, 2020
Don't miss a special screening of #DearHomeland with @DianaGameros, presented by @CultureStrike and @KQED at 6 p.m. today. Read @ChroniclesofAzu's feature on the powerful documentary here: https://t.co/USzJA9SaMy
— SFChronicle Datebook (@SFC_Datebook) August 12, 2020
Fast forward to 2020, we hear the same tune as we wait for #DearHomelandFilm to air
— Jade 🇭🇰 (@oneheartmind) June 14, 2020
En Juárez 🎵 full circle moment! https://t.co/8nZD3hWvGJ pic.twitter.com/Nh6RaGqfK4
Alternatively, see @DianaGameros in a screening of Dear Homeland with @KQED!https://t.co/BiTkuCVxaN
— jennz0r (@mybluewristband) August 12, 2020
When I first saw Gameros play, though I couldn't understand the lyrics she sang, my eyes teared up, it was so incredibly beautiful.
She will also be performing live tonight!
“It’s important to have #undocumented community but this word can create this sense that’s all we are & it’s not. We are so much more & I can use my music to uplift others.” - @DianaGameros #DearHomelandFilm #DearHomeland #Filmmakers #MigrantStorytelling
— The Center for Cultural Power (@CultureStrike) August 13, 2020
DID YOU SEE DEAR HOMELAND?
Let us know how it impacted you!
THANK YOU!
Dear Homeland’s impact campaign wouldn’t have been possible without the support of
Jessica Justino, Kat Taylor, Joan Baez, James Irvine Foundation
IMPACT CAMPAIGN BY
Looky Looky Pictures & KQED
