"Mountains" Film Screening + Talk

The Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts at UC San Diego invites you to a special film screening and discussion on Tuesday, March 4 from 5-7:30pm.

Join us for a special screening of , the award-winning debut feature by Haitian-American co-writer and director Monica Sorelle. A Black Miami artist, Sorelle preserves and reimagines the cultural traditions of Miami and the Caribbean, centering the lived experiences of the African and Latin diasporas.
This powerful film follows Xavier, a Haitian construction worker in Miami, as he navigates the tensions of building luxury homes while facing the looming threat of displacement. With its poignant storytelling and evocative imagery, Mountains tenderly illuminates the intersections of race, labor, belonging, and environmental justice in South Florida.
Following the screening, Monica Sorelle will be joined in conversation by Black Miami native, actress, and founder of Black Girl Cinema, Joy Brunson, and Haitian-American playwright and Black Miami native, Phanésia Pharel, a Playwriting MFA student at UC San Diego. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Mysia Anderson from UC San Diego’s Theatre and Dance Department.

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Event is free and open to all | Space is limited - PLEASE RSVP

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EVENT LOCATION:

The event will be on the UC San Diego campus in the Mosaic Hall lobby and auditorium #113, located within the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Niehgborhood, in Sixth College. The venue neighbors the Jeannie Hall and is below the Craft Center, with the entrance open to the quad and signage above the entrance reading ""

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ABOUT THE CENTER:

The Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts, part of the School of Arts and Humanities, serves as the university’s hub for creative and academic advancement in culture, music, theater, film and the arts. The center provides access and opportunity for UC San Diego students and scholars to pursue their passion in cinematics arts through research, scholarship, teaching, production and exhibition of film and moving-image arts. Established in 2021, the program honors the memory of aspiring filmmaker Suraj Israni, who pursued film as a way to inspire social change.

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