Analysis Of The Film 'Foreigners In Their Own Lands'

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I attended the Latino Americans, “Foreigners in Their Own Lands,” lecture. The event was broken into three sections. The first section began with a visiting professor discussing Apolinaria Lorenzana, her personal history and the history of California colonization. We then watched 14 minutes of the PBS movie “Foreigners in Their Own Lands” The final discussion was with Dr. Steven Hackel and the history of Junipero Serra as he has been memorialized in statues. I found Dr. Hackel’s presentation to be the most interesting part of the discussion and how he showed us statues of Junipero Serra and how they have changed over time. Junipero Serra was the founder of nine California Catholic missions and was a prominent and important figure in