Join filmmakers Caty Lucas and Elizabeth Lucas-Lucas for a screening of their new documentary "El Camino de los Pueblos Maya a Oregon," followed by a Q&A.

Over the past fifty years, hundreds of thousands of people of Maya descent have come to the United States, driven by genocide and economic deprivation. Some of them now live in Oregon. The size of the Maya population is hard to estimate, because it is so diverse: the Maya peoples comprise communities across Guatemala, Belize, and parts of Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras, who speak dozens of distinct languages. In this video, by Oregon Humanities Community Storytelling Fellow Caty Lucas, several Mayan Oregonians share their stories and why they came to the US.

The video is mostly in Spanish with English subtitles. Content warning: this documentary contains explicit descriptions of war and violent acts.

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About the venue

The Clinton Street Theater auditorium is at ground level and has two spaces for wheelchair access in the front, left of the audience with companion seats. If those seats are filled by others who do not need that access, please request that a staff member ask them to move. Entry inside the theater and auditorium is through double doors and seats on either side of the main rows have the ability for armrests to be lifted for greater space. Entry into the two, gender-neutral bathrooms are both through a single door; one inside the auditorium and one inside the lobby. Inside each bathroom there are narrower spaces to the single occupancy toilet, which do not have handrails.

If you have any questions about accessibility, please email info@cstpdx.com for more information.