Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero Program - Film Screening + Q&A

Film Screening followed by Q&A film Co-Director Dr. Vivian Price, Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies/Labor Studies, Cal State University, Dominguez Hills.

September 28, 2023
5:20 – 7:30 PM
The Little Theater (Rm 1231)
Napa Valley College

Free & open to the public

Hidden in the historical accounts of communities of color, workers, and immigrants in American society is the story of Mexico’s men and women who experienced the temporary contract worker program known as the Bracero Program. “Harvest of Loneliness” shows how several million men, in one of the largest state-managed migrations in history, were imported from 1942 to 1964 to work as cheap, controlled, and disposable workers. It also centers on the voices of the wives and families who were left behind as an untold number of villages in Mexico were virtually emptied of men. Unfortunately, workers in the fields are still fighting for basic human rights.

Organized by Joshua Ryan Murillo, a member of the Napa Valley College community and descendant of a Bracero, with sponsorship from the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

And see the new Bracero mural in Napa, CA. On the Vine Trail between Pueblo Ave. & California Blvd. Mural created by artist Joshua Ryan Murillo, sponsored by Rail Arts District and Arts Council Napa Valley.