Please join NBC Documentarians for Discussion and Visuals Surrounding their Film “Desde Cero” at DePaul University, Sept 11th, 2024, 6-8 pmCortelyou Commons
“What would it be like to flee your homeland amid turmoil, cross some of the most dangerous terrain in the world and arrive in a new city without a permanent residence or way to work?”

NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago will take viewers inside the lives of migrant families and experience a new world and life from their perspective in a landmark documentary entitled Desde Cero: The Migrant Journey in Chicago, a new NBCUniversal Local Chicago Original”

“In this special, one-hour, bilingual documentary, NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago reporters Sandra Torres and Ivon Espitia, along with Senior Digital Producer DS Shin, explored the human side of this crisis by following the lives of two migrant families and several individuals for over six months, enabling viewers to experience the tumultuous journey of two families and several individuals’ incredible trek to the United States, and eventually to Chicago, firsthand.”