U. Roberto Romano

September 24th, 2011

"The Harvest" Film Screening

Award-Winning Producer, Director, Director of Photography, & Still Photographer U.Roberto (Robin) Romano is one of the most respected investigative filmmakers in the world.

He has traveled extensively documenting human rights issues for advocacy organizations around the world including GoodWeave, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The International Labor Organization, Stop The Traffik, The Hunger Project, The Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Council on Foreign Relations and Antislavery International.

Robin Romano’s powerful photography has been published in the Ford Foundation Quarterly, Stanford Review, Scholastic, Ore24, The New York Times and other leading newspapers and magazines around the world.

In addition to his film and photography, Robin is a human rights educator and advocate whose knowledge and expertise is highly valued by policy makers at home and abroad. Robin has spoken before congress and on advisory boards around the US on labor and human rights issues. Recently, he gave the plenary speech at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs annual conference in Coeur d’Alene and has participated in multiple panels on Capitol Hill including a special Dept Of Labor panel on Sept 15 2009 with Sec of Labor Hilda Solis and Dolores Huerta, co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America. In September 2010, he appeared before Congress with The Harvest Executive Producer Eva Longoria Parker and Congresswoman Roybal-Allard to promote The CARE Bill. In October 2010 he addressed the Global Forum on Human Trafficking and in December he was invited to participate in the Forced Child Labor / Human Trafficking / Child Sex Tourism training event sponsored by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations, International Affairs.

Music:
Tito Puente Jr.
Concerts:
Outdoor Feria del Mariachi (FREE!)
Concerts:
VivaFest 2012 Spring Events – An Evening of Comedy!
Film & Community Conversations:
Olga Briseño

Concerts:
The Sound of East LA Meets the Kings of Latin Swing
Festival Workshops:
Mariachi 101
Festival Workshops:
Folklórico Dance Workshops
Dance:
Calpulli Tonalehqueh

Film & Community Conversations:
Dionisio Ceballos
Festival Workshops:
Music & Dance Workshops
Special Events:
A Community Conversation
Music:
Vikki Carr

Films:
MEXICO (An IMAX Film)
Music:
UTPA Mariachi Aztlán
Film & Community Conversations:
Gil Sperry
Film & Community Conversations:
U. Roberto Romano

Music:
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Music:
Los Lobos
Music:
Dan Guerrero – Creative Director
Films:
At the End of the Day

Film & Community Conversations:
Richard Gonzales
Music:
Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlán
Films:
When Worlds Collide Documentary
Film & Community Conversations:
Albie Hecht

Films:
Danza Folklórica Escénica
Film & Community Conversations:
Russell Rodríguez, Ph.D
Concerts:
Once Upon A Time… A Mariachi Musical
Special Events:
¡A Moverse Todos! Mariachi Family Day

Friday, May 4, 2012:
VivaFest 2012 Spring Events – Conversations with Javier Sicilia Ruben Martinez and Ruben Navarrette
Music:
Mariachi Véritas de Harvard
Film & Community Conversations:
Thomas A. Saenz
Special Events:
Mariachi Mass