LAND RIGHTS OF TODAY
GUEST SCHOLAR MARIA MONDRAGON-VALDEZ & MEXICAN FILMMAKER / SILVAIN STAGE DIRECTOR TANIA HERNÁNDEZ VELASCO

Wednesday, May 18, 6 p.m. EDT / 4 p.m. MT
VIRTUAL

Maria Mondragon-Valdez (a multi-generation resident of the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant) talks to artists in the opera project about the specific ongoing land rights issues between the people of San Luis and the private owners of the Sangre de Cristo land grant, and relate it to the drama in our opera. Joining her will be Tania Hernández Velasco, known for her international, award-winning film, Titixe (2018), that will be screened May 26th at the Taos Center for the Arts (learn more).  This film follows the last harvest her family attempted before having to let go of their small piece of land, continuing the discussion of land taken from the indigenous. Silvain is her first exploration as an opera stage director, where she approaches social themes and visual motifs that dwell in her cinematic work.