The Postville Project

Documenting a Community in Transition

Postville Water Tower

Historia de nuestras vidas

Title

Historia de nuestras vidas
Postville: Past, Present and Future conference

Subject

Postville Immigration Raid, Postville, Iowa, 2008--Drama; Immigrants--Iowa--Postville--Drama; Guatemalans--Iowa--Drama; Mexicans--Iowa--Drama; Postville (Iowa)--Drama;

Description

A work-in-progress performance detailing personal accounts of immigration, imprisonment, and the Postville raid. The original play is performed by Teatro Indocumentado, an ensemble of seven Guatemalan and Mexican workers arrested in the Agriprocessors raid. This presentation was part of the conference Postville: Past, Present and Future on April 30 and May 1, 2009, at the University of Northern Iowa. Introduced by conference organizer Jennifer Cooley.
1 video file (RealVideo ; 52 minutes)

Creator

Teatro Indocumentado

Date

5 1 09

Type

Moving Image

Coverage

United States--Iowa--Black Hawk--Cedar Falls; United States--Iowa--Allamakee--Postville