Mob Ntsws Qhuav Ntawd Peb Haiv Hmoob 

Sunday, October 20, 2019, 7PM

In 2018, iDream.tv and collaborating artists worked with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and members of the Hmong TB Advisory Group to produce three videos to address the increase in the rise of multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR – TB) in Minnesota, a disease disproportionately affecting the Hmong community. The videos include a dramatic narrative, an animated short, and an interview with a Hmong doctor with versions in Hmong and English. Grounded in personal experience by those most affected, the videos address traditional beliefs and approaches, and incorporate current health information.

At this special community screening and discussion, you can meet the artists, learn about this collaborative project, and discuss this important health issue. Present will be: Kao Kalia Yang (scriptwriter); Xee Reiter (illustrator); Shu Lor (music designer); Edie French (producer)

Kao Kalia Yang is a world renowned Hmong-American writer. She is the author of The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir (Coffee House Press, 2008), The Song Poet (Metropolitan Books, 2016), and A Map Into the World (2019). In the fall of 2019, her co-edited collection, What God is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss By and For Indigenous Women and Women of Color has been published.

Xee Reiter is a multifaceted, Hmong American visual artist based in Saint Paul. She switches between mediums when using her stylized semi realistic art in her sketchbooks and illustration publications.

Shu Lor is a Hmong-American musician and music producer currently residing in Bloomington, Minnesota. Shu has also provided an original score for the indie film, ‘1985’ directed by Kang Vang and Twin Cities Public Television’s, “The Secret War, a Ken Burns Documentary”. 

iDream.tv is a Twin Cities based media production company specializing in education, arts and health in multi-cultural communities. Staff collaborators on this project included Edie French, Paul Auguston, Luis Iglesias, Maya Auguston and Amy Waksmonski.

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