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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.08,0:00:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[This talk is delivered in Spanish\Nwith consecutive English translation]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.96,0:00:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Rayma Suprani: Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.95,0:00:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cloe Shasha: When I was a little girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.86,0:00:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to draw\Non all the walls of my house.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.25,0:00:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(RS: Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.58,0:00:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CS: Until one day, my mother\Ngot angry and told me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.33,0:00:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You can only draw on one wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.12,0:00:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't draw on any others."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.67,0:00:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.12,0:00:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.62,0:00:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the first time I experienced\Nan act of totalitarian censorship.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.50,0:00:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.54,0:00:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.71,0:00:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lack of freedom\Nstimulates creativity and empowers it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.88,0:00:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.04,0:01:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many years have passed since my childhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.42,0:01:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but throughout my formal studies,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.04,0:01:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found myself drawing\Nin the margins of my notebooks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.58,0:01:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of paying attention\Nto my professors.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.25,0:01:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I studied journalism in college
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.04,0:01:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the intention of expanding\Nmy communication and writing skills,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.67,0:01:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the only thing\Nthat I felt connected to in life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.29,0:01:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was drawing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.71,0:01:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.62,0:01:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in a democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.46,0:01:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a country called Venezuela,\Nwhich is now a dictatorship.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.46,0:01:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.62,0:01:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For 19 years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.92,0:01:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was the daily cartoonist\Nfor "El Universal,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.29,0:01:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the biggest newspapers \Nin Venezuela.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.83,0:02:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really enjoyed translating political\Nand cultural current events into drawings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.75,0:02:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.29,0:02:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the year 2014,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.67,0:02:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got fired from my job at the newspaper\Nover a cartoon that I drew
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.29,0:02:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alluding to the health care\Nsystem in Venezuela.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.08,0:02:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I drew a flat line of a heartbeat monitor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.54,0:02:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I intentionally drew\Nthe heartbeat line
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.83,0:02:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that resembled\Nthe signature of Hugo Chavez,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.58,0:02:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the former president of Venezuela.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.54,0:02:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.58,0:02:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.83,0:02:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of this happened\Nafter the newspaper was bought
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.25,0:02:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by an unknown company,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.83,0:02:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some of us suspect
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.25,0:02:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was the Venezuelan government\Nwho was behind that deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.96,0:02:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.83,0:03:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My work as a cartoonist\Nbecame more and more of a nuisance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.58,0:03:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the dictatorship.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.96,0:03:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have no tolerance\Nfor any freedom of expression
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.71,0:03:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or free thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.83,0:03:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.62,0:03:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After I got fired,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.92,0:03:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to feel unsafe\Nin my own country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.58,0:03:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I received anonymous calls\Nand death threats.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.50,0:03:35.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was mocked publicly\Non national television.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.42,0:03:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was eventually forced out of Venezuela,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.75,0:03:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I now live in Miami, Florida,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.75,0:03:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I am free to be\Nmy own editor for my work.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.42,0:03:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.38,0:03:58.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A political cartoon is a barometer\Nof freedom in a country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.83,0:04:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why dictators hate cartoonists
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.00,0:04:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try to eradicate everything\Nthat involves humor
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.12,0:04:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a mirror for social\Nand political issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.79,0:04:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.79,0:04:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A cartoon involves a delicate balance\Nof ideas and drawings
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.38,0:04:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that reveal a hidden truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.46,0:04:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.21,0:04:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a good cartoon is one that conveys\Na plot of a full-length movie
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.96,0:04:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a single frame.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.50,0:04:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.42,0:04:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A cartoon needs to communicate\Nthe core of a story with its precision.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.21,0:04:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when it succeeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.50,0:04:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its message can have the effect\Nof inoculating people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.67,0:04:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a dose of skepticism.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.96,0:04:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.71,0:05:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cartoons are drawn\Nfrom observation and analysis.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.17,0:05:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are inspired by muses of mythology,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.50,0:05:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as classical, modern\Nand paleolithic tales.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.29,0:05:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.00,0:05:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we are told that a modern-day emperor\Nis wearing new clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.42,0:05:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cartoons reveal that the emperor\Njust might still be naked.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.33,0:05:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.21,0:05:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point in my career,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.71,0:05:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I drew pigs and compared them\Nwith politicians and national guards
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.54,0:05:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were responsible for stopping\Npeaceful student demonstrations.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.58,0:05:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, when I got back to my office,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.75,0:05:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a letter on my desk.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.62,0:06:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.00,0:06:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The letter was from\Nthe Venezuelan Swine Federation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.00,0:06:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.46,0:06:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.00,0:06:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The letter said,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.29,0:06:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Please do not compare an animal\Nas wonderful as a pig with politicians.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.71,0:06:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.75,0:06:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pigs are very friendly and noble,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.38,0:06:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can be a great mascot,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.88,0:06:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they make good pets
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.21,0:06:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they provide sustenance to us\Nin the form of pork."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.04,0:06:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.96,0:06:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think they were absolutely right.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.71,0:06:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't draw any more pigs,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.12,0:06:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I did keep drawing politicians.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.21,0:06:56.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.25,0:06:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.46,0:07:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A cartoon travels\Non an information highway,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.33,0:07:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which seems like it has multiple lanes,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.42,0:07:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in reality, all of these lanes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.42,0:07:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lead to a binary response\Nof either positivity or rage.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.42,0:07:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I like it" or "I don't like it."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.00,0:07:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are the only responses
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.38,0:07:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that govern democratic thinking\Non the internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.50,0:07:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.54,0:07:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have lost the space for nuanced debate,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.08,0:07:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have no time,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.38,0:07:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we simply respond\Nwith approval or disdain,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.96,0:07:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we let algorithms take over.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.58,0:07:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.75,0:08:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a cartoon is born\Nfrom a space of deep, nuanced thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.96,0:08:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Creating a good cartoon\Ninvolves repeated failures,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.75,0:08:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,draft after draft.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.67,0:08:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a cartoonist must shed\Ntheir own taboos
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.04,0:08:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spark a conversation,\Nrather than a confrontation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.25,0:08:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through their work.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.92,0:08:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.83,0:08:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the year 2013, President Chavez died,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.17,0:08:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had to think about what to draw\Nas the cartoon of the day
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.17,0:08:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at "El Universal."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.46,0:08:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was personally happy\Nthat he had passed away,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.71,0:08:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I thought\Nthat the end of his power
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.73,0:08:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would potentially bring our country\Ncloser to freedom and better times.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.50,0:09:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.00,0:09:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there were many other people\Nwho were mourning the death of Chavez,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.42,0:09:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so there was a divided\Nsentiment in Venezuela.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.58,0:09:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some were celebrating,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.88,0:09:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and others were crying\Nat the loss of their leader.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.04,0:09:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.25,0:09:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt stuck,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.54,0:09:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really didn't know what to draw\Nin this historic moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.29,0:09:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I knew that I couldn't allow\Nmy happiness to seep into my work,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.62,0:09:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I should take the higher road\Nand respect people's grief.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.92,0:09:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what could I draw?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.83,0:09:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.00,0:10:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent many hours drafting\Nand throwing out papers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.46,0:10:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My editor called me and said
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.92,0:10:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything was late\Nfor that day's newspaper
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.17,0:10:11.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked me when I'd be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.96,0:10:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was in the middle of the night\Nthat the idea came to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.79,0:10:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we then published a cartoon
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.50,0:10:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that represented\Na historical moment in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.67,0:10:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.08,0:10:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A fallen king chess piece in red.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.71,0:10:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.96,0:10:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A good cartoon has a lot of power.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.12,0:10:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can generate action and reaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.67,0:10:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why a cartoonist must\Nexercise their power responsibly,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.29,0:10:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showcasing the truth
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.79,0:10:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drawing without\Nthe fear of consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.67,0:10:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.08,0:10:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having an opinion has a cost,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.75,0:11:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in some countries, that cost is high.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.79,0:11:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.71,0:11:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Venezuela,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.00,0:11:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many young people have been killed\Nfor protesting peacefully.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.00,0:11:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are men and women\Nwho are stuck behind bars
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.38,0:11:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as political prisoners.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.12,0:11:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So over the years,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.42,0:11:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've drawn the faces of imprisoned women,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.38,0:11:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I don't want them\Nto be forgotten by the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.08,0:11:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.79,0:11:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This year at an event\Ncalled El Foro Penal,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.54,0:11:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a criminal forum
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.04,0:12:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where a group of lawyers do pro bono work
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.04,0:12:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Venezuelan political prisoners,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.04,0:12:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a young woman approached me and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.62,0:12:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I was imprisoned,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.00,0:12:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you drew my face and my story.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.75,0:12:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because of that drawing\Nthat people knew who I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.92,0:12:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your cartoon helped me survive\Nmy days in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.83,0:12:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.12,0:12:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.12,0:12:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a moment that meant a lot to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.12,0:12:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I had found a way to collaborate
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.08,0:12:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the memories\Nof my country and its people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.50,0:12:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.71,0:12:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year, I started making\Ndrawings about immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.46,0:12:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I drew my own world, my fears,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.33,0:12:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my suitcase, my roots
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.46,0:13:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything that I had\Nto leave behind in Venezuela.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.62,0:13:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also drew my joy\Nin the face of this new opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.83,0:13:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an immigrant in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.96,0:13:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.67,0:13:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From there, I worked\Non a series of drawings
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.79,0:13:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that represented the experience\Nand psychology of immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.38,0:13:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.00,0:13:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being an immigrant\Nis like moving to another planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.12,0:13:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first, you don't understand\Nanything about your new world.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.67,0:13:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are new codes, a new language
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.92,0:13:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unfamiliar tools\Nyou need to learn how to use
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.75,0:13:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to adapt to your new life.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.33,0:13:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.83,0:13:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being an immigrant is the closest thing\Nto being an astronaut
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.92,0:13:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who landed on the moon.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.62,0:13:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.54,0:14:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over time, that series of drawings\Nbecame a traveling exhibition,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.96,0:14:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called "I, Immigrant."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.83,0:14:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the exhibition traveled\Nto multiple cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.12,0:14:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Miami, Houston,\NMadrid, Barcelona,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.33,0:14:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're hoping for more places.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.46,0:14:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.46,0:14:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The show has become\Na meeting space for the diaspora,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.46,0:14:41.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people to gather and recognize\Ntheir shared experiences of suffering
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.38,0:14:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that come with immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.21,0:14:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.00,0:15:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I want these drawings to convey
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.83,0:15:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that an immigrant is not a criminal.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.29,0:15:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An immigrant is a person\Nwhose life has been broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.21,0:15:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A person who has very likely\Nbeen separated from their family
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.29,0:15:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under inhumane conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.21,0:15:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who has been forced to leave their country\Nin search of a better life.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.33,0:15:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.71,0:15:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A drawing can be a synthesis of a place,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.88,0:15:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a universe, a country or a society.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.04,0:15:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can also represent\Nthe inner workings of someone's mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.25,0:15:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, drawing cartoons\Nis a form of resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.33,0:15:46.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.62,0:16:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A cartoon is like a Rosetta stone.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.08,0:16:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we throw it into outer space,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.79,0:16:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a future alien would be\Nable to know with certainty
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.33,0:16:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.62,0:16:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we once had a civilized world\Nwith free thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.92,0:16:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Speaks Spanish)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.54,0:16:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That one wall that my mother gave me\Nthe freedom to draw on feels infinite.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.25,0:16:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's for that reason\Nthat I am still drawing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.46,0:16:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.83,0:16:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers and applause)