We're in a moment of crisis, a crisis of empathy in this country. And it seems to me that the whole thrust of this project is to address that crisis.” - John Lithgow, Award-winning actor
Join Motus Theater for the national streaming of a special performance of stories and music recognizing the 10-year anniversary of the establishment of DACA with musical responses from Ozomatli, Judy Collins and more!
DACA was created to provide a two-year period of deferred deportation, a work permit and increased opportunity for higher education to children brought to this country without documentation. Motus has been developing artfully crafted monologues with DACA recipients to uplift the personal experience of people impacted by U.S. immigration policy since DACA’s inception in 2012. These performances aim to encourage thoughtful reflection on DACA and the families who are caught in the crosshairs of U.S. immigration policy.
“I think that if people in this country would listen to stories like this, and really just take a couple of minutes to digest everything that you said, it'll be a different story.” - Jorge Ramos, award-winning anchor of Univision
“UndocuAmerica Monologues: 10 Years of DACA in Story and Song” includes poignant and powerful monologues by people with DACA, musical responses by musical responses by Grammy-winning musicians Ozomatli and Judy Collins, as well as famed Uruguayan singer Elisa Garcia. Poetic response from international award-winning slam poet, Dominique Christina. The broadcast will be shared with the nation on June 15th, a decade after DACA was signed into law, from Rocky Mountain PBS's YouTube channel. Register today to receive the streaming link and invite your community.
“It becomes flesh and blood in this context, when you hear it. I think that indeed the problem with our immigration policy, and so many policies, is that we don't think of them in terms of flesh and blood, we think of them in terms of policies - and then it's very easy to create discriminatory policies toward a group of people.” - Nicholas Kristof, award-winning NYT Op-Ed writer about his experience of an UndocuAmerica monologue.
The national premiere broadcast of UndocuAmerica: 10 years of DACA in Story and Song is funded by Rose Community Foundation, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, and the Gateway Fund II, a donor-advised fund of The Denver Foundation.