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Our documentary brings together
several distinct celebrations of the Virgen de
Guadalupe in Durham North Carolina. In La Maldita
Vecindad, a run-down apartment complex on Durham’s
east side, dancers of all ages honor the Virgin with
hours of ancient indigenous traditional matachine
dancing. Afterword, many of these same dancers and
their families go to a special Catholic mass for the
Virgin. In another activity linked to the immigrants
rights movement, relay runners carried a burning torch
through Durham en route from the Basilica in Mexico
City to New York City in December of 2005, and again
in 2007. These three celebrations of the Virgen –
and their interconnections and their impact on the
community – are highlighted in our documentary.
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