Join us for “Journeys: Where We Go,” part two of the three-part “Chicago/Mexico City Filmmaker Exchange,” featuring screenings of Jose Luis Benavides’ Lulu en el Jardín and Otilia Portillo Padua’s Birders, followed by a Q&A with programmer Raul Benitez and the filmmakers.

Lulu en el Jardín: A tenacious, Latina émigré narrates her forced institutionalization upon coming out as a teenage lesbian in 1970s Chicago. / Una latina tenaz narra la historia de su institucionalización al salir del closet siendo una joven durante los 1970s en Chicago. 

Directed by Jose Luis Benavides, USA, 2018, 55 mins, documentary feature 

Birders: Bird watchers on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border share their enthusiasm for protecting and preserving some of the world’s most beautiful bird species. / Observadores de aves en ambos lados de la frontera entre EE. UU. y México comparten su entusiasmo por proteger y preservar algunas de las especies de aves más hermosas del mundo.   

Directed by Otilia Portillo Padua, Mexico, 2019, 37 mins, documentary short