Nov 16: Rocío Screening at The New School

The New School Student Health Services is having a film screening of the documentary “Rocío” by Dario Guerrero along with a discussion afterward. We will be discussing topics such s immigration, accessibility to health, dynamics of family and universities, and POC presence in universities.

Here is a brief description of the film from www.rociofilm.com:

Woven from footage collected over a quarter of a century, ROCIO is the story of a mother’s love and the American Dream.

When doting mother of three Rocio is suddenly diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer, her son Dario takes a leave of absence from Harvard College to come home and take care of her. Their battle against the disease leads them into the world of alternative medicine, where they find hope shimmering at a clinic across the border.

The catch: Pursuing this last chance at survival might mean giving up everything they’ve ever worked for.