{"id":888,"date":"2025-12-01T14:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/medinavi\/?p=888"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:27:12","slug":"from-mexico-to-northfield-mn-new-film-reflects-on-meaning-of-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/medinavi\/2025\/12\/01\/from-mexico-to-northfield-mn-new-film-reflects-on-meaning-of-home\/","title":{"rendered":"From Mexico to Northfield, MN: New film reflects on meaning of \u2018home\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"story-header type-sm type-mb\">\n<h1 class=\"hdg hdg-1 hdg-headline\">From Mexico to Northfield, MN: New film reflects on meaning of \u2018home\u2019<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"story-primary-visual false\">\n<figure class=\"figure figure-full content_figure\"><picture class=\"\" data-testid=\"picture\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.apmcdn.org\/fe03e407f04f475cff97e6d9372d78d3ebaa9b58\/uncropped\/f8b5ec-20200320-maltrata.jpg 400w,https:\/\/img.apmcdn.org\/fe03e407f04f475cff97e6d9372d78d3ebaa9b58\/uncropped\/5401cf-20200320-maltrata.jpg 600w,https:\/\/img.apmcdn.org\/fe03e407f04f475cff97e6d9372d78d3ebaa9b58\/uncropped\/d4b01b-20200320-maltrata.jpg 1000w,https:\/\/img.apmcdn.org\/fe03e407f04f475cff97e6d9372d78d3ebaa9b58\/uncropped\/b29051-20200320-maltrata.jpg 1400w,https:\/\/img.apmcdn.org\/fe03e407f04f475cff97e6d9372d78d3ebaa9b58\/uncropped\/132f32-20200320-maltrata.jpg 2000w\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" data-testid=\"notwebp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.apmcdn.org\/fe03e407f04f475cff97e6d9372d78d3ebaa9b58\/uncropped\/5401cf-20200320-maltrata.jpg\" alt=\"Maltrata, Mexico. \" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"figure_caption\">\n<div class=\"figure_text\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maltrata, Mexico, where the majority of Northfield&#8217;s Mexican population traces its roots.<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"figure_credit\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Courtesy of Cecilia Cornejo<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-audio-save-container\">\n<div class=\"story-audio\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><button class=\"btn-round  \" type=\"button\">Listen<span class=\"audio-player-title\" aria-label=\"- From Mexico to Northfield, MN: New film reflects on meaning of \u2018home\u2019\">From Mexico to Northfield, MN: New film reflects on meaning of \u2018home\u2019<\/span><\/button><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"story-body userContent\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2020\/03\/20\/from-mexico-to-northfield-mn-new-film-reflects-on-meaning-of-home\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2020\/03\/20\/from-mexico-to-northfield-mn-new-film-reflects-on-meaning-of-home<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<a class=\"apm-link null\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/mspfilm.org\/festivals\/mspiff\/\">Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0is among the events now cancelled or postponed as Minnesota scrambles to slow the spread of COVID-19.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u200bOne of the films that festival organizers were hoping to highlight centers on the town of Northfield, Minn. \u201c<a class=\"apm-link null\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/artelamilpa.com\/project\/ways-of-being-home\/\">Ways of Being Home<\/a>\u201d deals with Northfield&#8217;s surprising and often invisible connection to another small, agricultural community nearly two thousand miles away, in Mexico.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u200bAccording to estimates, the majority of Northfield&#8217;s Latino population is from the town of Maltrata, in the state of Veracruz. \u200bMPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with filmmaker and Carleton College professor Cecilia Cornejo about that connection and \u201cWays of Being Home.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmm.com\/catalog\/film\/ways-of-being-home\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">https:\/\/www.wmm.com\/catalog\/film\/ways-of-being-home\/<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Mexico to Northfield, MN: New film reflects on meaning of \u2018home\u2019 Maltrata, Mexico, where the majority of Northfield&#8217;s Mexican population traces its roots. 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