Rachel Morin @URCAD XXII

Fri, 13 Apr 2018 12:50:32 -0400
film, research, urcad, video, visual-arts

Come to URCAD on Wednesday, April 25 in UC 310, where Visual Arts student, Rachel Morin will screen her video "Freely You Have Received, Freely Give: A Documentary of Catholic Missions in Peru".

Christian missionaries travel to impoverished areas where they build and paint houses, move rocks, and give snacks to hungry children – but what is the ultimate purpose of this service work? What drives people to leave their comfortable homes to endure cold showers and less than six hours of sleep in a place where they are seen as foreigners? Are these young people really making a difference?

Read the rest of his abstract here...