Thursday, April 09, 2009

Film Festival to Feature Efforts to Help Immigrant Families

The Washington DC International Film Festival will feature a screening of "The Least of These," a documentary featuring the Women's Refugee Commission's efforts to improve and eliminate the detention of immigrant parents and their children.

Date & Time: April 20, 2009, 6:30 pm
Location: Landmark’s E St. Cinema 555 11th st NW, DC
For ticket information click here.

The Directors of the film and Michelle BranĂ©, Director of the Women’s Refugee Commission Detention and Asylum Program will be available after the film for a brief Q & A. By telling the poignant and powerful stories of detained families and their American advocates, the film draws attention to family detention one of the most controversial aspects of U.S. immigration policy.