Mar 31 2025

We Were The Scenery: Film Screening and Poetry Reading

March 31, 2025

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM America/Chicago

Location

Latino Cultural Center

Address

803 S Morgan St,, Chicago, IL 60607

Poster for a film screening titled

📽️ The Department of Latin American and Latino Studies Presents 'We Were The Scenery', Film Screening and Poetry Reading featuring Jess X. Snow and Cathy Linh Che.📽️

The Department of Latin American and Latino Studies Presents 'We Were The Scenery', Film Screening and Poetry Reading featuring Jess X. Snow and Cathy Linh Che.

When: Monday, March 31st, 2025
Where: Latino Cultural Center
Address: 803 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607
Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm

In 1975, soon after the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled the country on a small boat. After nine days at sea, they docked in the Philippines, where they were held in a refugee camp. During this time, along with nearly 100 other refugees, they were utilized as background extras in the filming of APOCALYPSE NOW.

Co-sponsored by UIC GWS, LALS, GLAS and the Mellon Foundation.

Contact

LCC

Date posted

Mar 18, 2025

Date updated

Mar 18, 2025