Please join us for this film screening and discussion hosted by
The United Nations Association of New York
Fuego
Special panelists include
Arturo Muyshondt
Filmmaker and Activist
Founder, Caras Foundation
Michael Greene
Producer and Activist
Nasreen Sheikh
Survivor, Activist, Artist
Founder, Empowerment Collective, Global Commission on Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking
Erika Alexander
Lead in “American Fiction” and Activist
Emma Seppälä
Yale Faculty
Best-Selling Author, Psychologist specializing in Happiness, Compassion & Trauma Recovery
Ezekiel Pacheco
First DACA Recipient to be the Lead in a Feature Film
Sia Michel
Culture Editor, New York Times
Opening remarks by
Rosanna Arquette
Actor and Activist
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Wednesday | 10 September 2025 | 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Admission:
UNA Members: $22
Non-Members: $30
Dolby 88 Screening Room
1350 Avenue of the Americas (at West 55th Street)
Lobby Level
New York, NY 10019
6:00 - 6:30 p.m. | Reception (organic chicken & vegan pupusas will be served)
6:30 - 8:10 p.m. | Film screening
8:10 - 9:00 p.m. | Discussion
Screening begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. followed by a Q+A discussion
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In director Arturo Muyshondt’s film FUEGO, a Mayan mother in the highlands of Guatemala fights to protect her family amid a devastating migration crisis. As their village faces turmoil, the inhabitants must make life-altering decisions, risking everything for a chance at a better future.
Fuego is a critical and urgent cinematic experience which highlights the origin of one of the most unknown yet most pressing issues of our time: how more than 300,000 Indigenous children refugees from the northern triangle of Central America have crossed into the U.S. alone looking for a better life, only to be absorbed into modern day slavery or handed over to street gangs.
Muyshondt is a Salvadoran-born filmmaker and activist, whose personal history includes growing up in the middle of civil war in El Salvador, and using a video camera to document his experiences. Moving to neighboring Guatemala as a teenager exposed him to another kind of humanitarian crisis up in the Mayan highlands. This profoundly influenced his decision to become a filmmaker focusing on untold stories of migrants and war-affected children.
“This is far more than just a film,” says Muyshondt. “It’s a movement. We have a history-making opportunity, one that doesn’t just raise awareness, it drives positive change in our world. Fuego is the first step in a new model for how art can change the world.”
Fuego is an urgent and heart wrenching dramatic thriller about the inhabitants of a Mayan village who risk their lives in order to shape their own destiny.
We invite you to attend our special private screening of this powerful film, followed by a panel session with our guests who will be present for a Q+A with the audience.