This event will feature a research talk and screening by professor-researcher Axel Nuñez on his work exploring Haitian migration and the experiences of migrants at the US-Mexico border where he will discuss his research creation practice which is invested in regional identities, migration, and border narratives.
October 22 | 5:45 PM | Raah Lab (1250 Rue Guy, FB 630.17)
Professor-researcher Axel Nuñez was born in Mexico City and is currently at the Faculty of Arts of the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), Mexicali campus, Mexico. His academic training and artistic practice have developed primarily in Baja California, where he established a close relationship with the region’s documentary cinema and the cultural imaginaries of the US-Mexico Border, which informs both his research as well as his filmmaking practice.
He began his filmmaking career through regional film workshops and courses and was a member of Collectivo 5y10 Producciones, a filmmaking collective founded in Tijuana in 2006. His practice includes documentary cinema, audiovisual experimentation, and the exploration of the relationships between personal memory, migration, identity, and border narratives.