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Film screening: Being Hmong Means Being Free at LU 

Film screening: Being Hmong Means Being Free at LU 

Followed by a conversation with trained facilitators from Celebrate Diversity Fox Cities

Wednesday, Feb. 20, 7-9 pm

Wriston Art Center Auditorium

Being Hmong Means Being Free (56 mins) highlights the history, culture and identity of the Hmong immigrants who have settled in the United States between 1975 and the early 1990s. The documentary looks at Hmong life in this country as seen through the eyes of seventeen year-old Lia Vang. 

The film will be followed by a conversation with trained facilitators from Celebrate Diversity Fox Cities.

Programs on Hmong culture at the Appleton Public Library and The Draw related to the exhibition “when you when you were made: Victoria Kue & Tshab Her” (at the Wriston Art Galleries through March 8) can be found here.