The Long Ride Screenings
PAST SCREENINGS
Sept. 21, 2016 Skyline Community College Latinx Heritage Month
Fine Cut Screening
The audience consisted of documented and undocumented students, and teachers. Followed by a panel discussion with Latin American Student Association members and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
San Bruno, California, USA
March 17, 2017 The High School for Media & Communications
Special Sneak Preview
Followed by a Q&A with Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Rigo Valdez, Organizing Director and Vice President, UFCW Local 770 and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
New York, New York, USA
March 17, 2017 Alianza Pais Special
Special Sneak Preview
Audience of Dominican community political and labor activists. Followed by a Q&A with Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Rigo Valdez, Organizing Director and Vice President, UFCW Local 770 and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
New York, New York USA
March 20, 2017 Union Days
Special Sneak Preview
Kick off of Cornell University School of Industrial & Labor Relations annual series of events. Followed by a Q&A with Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Rigo Valdez, Organizing Director and Vice President, UFCW Local 770 and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
Ithaca, New York USA
April 7, 2017 Oakland International Film Festival
World Film Festival Premiere
Thirteen Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders attended the screening at the Oakland City Hall Chamber followed by a reunion and a chance to catch up on family, work, life and the important ongoing immigrant rights organizing they continue to lead.
Oakland, California, USA
April 11, 2017 The Ricardo F. Icaza Workers' Center
Bilingual English and Spanish version premiere
The screening was part of a series of events in conjunction with the opening of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 70's Ricardo F. Icaza. Workers' Center. Followed by a Q&A with Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Rigo Valdez, Organizing Director and Vice President, UFCW Local 770 and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
Huntington Park, California USA
April 24, 2017 (In)Justice for All Film Festival
Mid-west premiere
Followed by a panel discussion with Northeastern University Law School immigrant rights attorneys.
Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 4, 2017 Global Gathering Conference
New York premiere
A conference of progressive and experimental filmmakers from the United Kingdom and the United States sponsored by the Radical Film Network, Worker's Unite! Film Festival, the Murphy Institute for Worker Education & Labor Studies at the City University of New York, Third World Newsreel, the Global Labor Film Festival and the National Writers Union.
New York, New York, USA
May 7, 2017 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
Southern U.S. Region premiere
Official Selection, Panorama Features. Screened at the Mexican American Cultural Center.
Austin, Texas, USA
May 10, 2017 Workers Unite Film FestivalNew York, New York, USA
May 21, 2017 Marquis Theatre
New England premiere
Presented by Showing Up For Racial Justice, Migrant Justice and Open Door Clinic.
Followed by a panel discussion with immigrant rights activists, health care providers and the filmmaker, focused on the difficulties migrant dairy workers face and the Milk With Dignity Campaign. Proceeds benefited Migrant Justice and the Open Door Clinic, and volunteers were recruited. In October, 2017, Migrant Justice and Ben & Jerry’s CEO signed the Milk with Dignity agreement, a legally binding contract that establishes Ben & Jerry’s as the first company in the dairy industry to implement the worker-driven human rights program.
Middlebury, Vermont, USA
Sept. 17, 2017 United Latinos of the UFCW Conference
Nevada premiere
An audience of United Food & Commercial Workers International Union rank and file leaders who are on the front lines fighting for immigrant rights. Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley. DVDs were distributed for union hall screenings throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Oct. 12, 2017 University of Cali Berkeley Labor Center
Followed by a panel discussion with undocumented students; Maricruz Manzanarez, Union Activist and ; Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Abel Salas and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley. Moderated by Professor Steven Pitts, Associate Chair, U.C. Berkeley Labor Center. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Local 3299 Organizers circulated a petition calling on the University of California President to declare UC campuses sanctuary for students and workers. Co-sponsored by AFSCME, Local 3299 and the Multicultural Immigrant Student Program.
Berkeley, California, USA
Feb. 28, 2018 #1 in Civil Rights: The African American Freedom Struggle in
St. Louis Exhibit at the Missouri History Museum
Missouri premiere
Included in the exhibit that examined the Civil Rights Movement in St. Louis and the City's role in advancing the cause of racial justice. Co-presented by the Missouri History Museum and Missouri Immigrant & Refugee Advocates (MIRA). Followed by a panel discussion with Aimee Abizera, Executive Director, MIRA; Daniel Gonzales, Historian; Dave Morton, Organizing Director, UNITE HERE, Local 74,: Missouri Immigrant & Refugee Advocates , St. Louis historian, and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley. Moderated by Joan Suarez, MIRA Founding Chair.
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
April 16, 2018 The Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning,
University of San Francisco
Shown in "Deportation Nation" and its Discontents, 1990s-2018 class. Followed by Q&A with Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
San Franciso, California, USA
April 18, 2018 X Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video documental: Contra El Silencio Todas Las Voces
Latin America premiere
Mención Honorifica: la categoría Fronteras, Migraciones y Exilios (Honorable Mention: Borders, Migrations and Exiles Category)
Mexico City, Mexico
May 11, 2018 United Food & Commercial Workers International Union,
Local 770
Followed by a panel discussion on how to respond to attacks on immigrants with representatives from Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable
Economy and UFCW, Local 770 and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
Camarillo, California, USA
May 24, 2018 Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance,
AFL-CIO, San Francisco Chapter
Celebrating Asian Heritage Month Event "The Next 25 Years of Resistance"
Followed by a panel discussion entitled "Connecting the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride to Challenges of Janus v. AFSCME" with Lamoin Werlein-Jaen, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Union Organizer; and Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Anand Singh, President UNITE HERE, Local 2, Norman Ten, APALA-SF Chapter President, Doretha Fuller Evans, Retired Service Employees International Union Member; and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley. Moderated by Vivian Araullo, IFPTE Organizer.
San Francisco, California, USA
May 27-29, 2018 Festival Internacional Cine de América
Hildalgo, Mexico premiere
Official Selection: Glimpse at America Category/Selección Oficial: Vistazo Por América. After the first screening, an additional screening was added at the request of the audience. El largo Viaje was the only film shown three times at the festival.
Pachuca, Hildalgo, Mexico
June 14, 2018 Cine Villa Olímpica
Presentation of Contra El Silencio Todas Las Voces award winning films.
Tlalpan, México City, Mexico
July 14, 2018 New York International Immigration Film Festival
New York, New York, USA
July 21, 2018 Pacifica Social Justice and Faith in Action
Cosponsored by Pacifica Peace People, San Mateo Central Labor Council, California Nurses Association and American Federation of Teachers, AFT 3267. Followed by Q&A with Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Baltazar Barron, Leslie Bulbuk, Martha Campos, Marta Donayre, Doreatha Fuller Evans, Katy Nunez-Adler, Delia Medina, Anand Singh, André Spearman, Norman Ten and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley. Pacifica, California, USA
Sept 22, 2018 Festival de Cine Político Dirigido Por Mujeres
European premiere
Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Rigo Valdez, United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 770 Organizing Director and Vice President and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
Madrid, Spain
Oct. 7, 2018 Congregation Beth Israel Judea Sisterhood Annual Brunch
Followed by Q&A with Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley. Pledge to Vote cards were distributed and free rides to the voting polls were offered.
San Francisco, California, USA
Oct. 14, 2018 Irish Arts & Writers Festival
WHO BELONGS? Immigrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers in the 21st Century
The Long Ride clips were shown along with book author readings and conversation about how Ireland and America treat new arrivals and existing immigrant communities. Panelists included: Author Melatu Uche Okorie; Writer and Educator Yvonne Watterson; Author and Teacher Éanlaí Cronin; Immigrant Workers Freedom Rider and Union Organizer César Díaz; and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
Los Gatos, California, USA
Oct. 13, 2018 Utopia Film Festival
Maryland premiere
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Oct. 27, 2018 Immigration Film Festival
Washington, D.C. Premiere
Opening Film and Best Documentary Award winner.
Washington, D.C., USA
Jan. 8, 2018 Oshman Family Jewish Community Center
Followed by Q&A with Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
Palo Alto, California, USA
Feb. 23, 2018 Festival de Cine Latino Americano
Outstanding Feature Documentary Award
Denton, Texas, USA
Feb. 27, 2019 UCLA Labor Center
Shown to a class on the history of the United Farm Workers Union. Followed by a panel discussion with John Wilhelm, former UNITE HERE General President and Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Rigo Valdez, United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 770 Organizing Director and Vice President and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
Los Angeles, California, USA
Feb. 27, 2019 Ricardo F. Icaza Workers' Center - Encore Screening
Audience of meat packing plant union shop stewards. Followed by Q&A with Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Rigo Valdez, United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, Local 770 Organizing Director and Vice President and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
Huntington Park, California, USA
March 27, 2019 Festival Cine Político Dirigido por Mujeres
Valencia, Spain Premiere
Sociedad General de Autores y Editores SGAE
Sala SGAE Centre Cultural de Valencia
Valencia, Spain
April 15, 2019 San Francisco State University Labor Archives and Research Center
Shown to a class on politics and immigration. Followed by a Q&A with Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Liana Molina and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
San Francisco, California, USA
May 2, 2019 Reel Work Labor Film Festival
Santa Cruz, California Premiere
Followed by panel discussion with Immigrant Workers Freedom Riders Julius De Vera, Northern California Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride Co-Chair and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley.
Santa Cruz, California, USA
May 5, 2019 Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
Sacramento Premiere
Followed by panel discussion with Immigrant Workers Freedom Rider César Díaz, Organizer SEIU-USWW, Local 2015, Donald Thornberry, Unitarian Universalists Society of Sacramento Immigrant Justice Group, Patricia Portillo, Founder, Undocumented Student Scholarship Program, Rhonda Rios Kravitz, Sacramento Immigration Coalition; and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley. Donations were collected for the Undocumented Student Scholarship Program.
Sacramento, California, USA
February 14, 2020 LAN Festival audiovisual obrero
Bilbao, Spain Premiere
Plaza de la Cantera, 4, 48003 Bilbao (Vizcaya), España
Presented in collaboration with Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak-Bizkaia and Koop SF 34. Ongi Etorri Errefuxiatuak-Bizkaia is an initiative in support of the defense of refugees and migrants. Koop SF 34 is a nursery of social microenterprises created by people of sub-Saharan origin in the San Francisco neighborhood of Bilbao. This pioneering project aims to serve as a model for entrepreneurship and social development.
Bilbao, Spain
May 2, 2020 Staten Island Arts and La Colmena Screening and Virtual Q&A.
The first virtual Cinema Connex film and Q&A, in honor of International Workers’ Day
Staten Island Arts and La Colmena graciously sponsored this free online screening and discussion for New York residents. The Q&A will was led by leaders of La Colmena, a community-based organization working to empower day laborers, domestic workers, and other low-wage immigrant workers on Staten Island through organizing, education, culture, and economic development.
Q&A: https://watch.eventive.org/cinemaconnex/play/5e9e07938f89390039804740
January, 17 2021 Filmoteca de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
with Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces
Ciclo: En busca de un futuro (In Search of the Future series)
24 hour virtual screening.
México City, México
March 21, 2022 Waterford Institute of Technology Libraries and School of Health Sciences
Sponsored by the Waterford Institute Equality Diversity & Inclusion Fund
Followed by a panel discussion on immigration and Civil Rights in Ireland and the United States with Anne Nolan, Waterford Integration Services, Dr. Jody O. Early , University of Washington Bothell and Filmmaker Valerie Lapin Ganley. Compered by Lauren English-Adams, WIT Student Union.
Waterford, Ireland.
https://www.wit.ie/events/all_news/the-long-ride-a-screening-and-panel-discussion