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Open Your Heart is a deeply moving short documentary about a group of young people who embark on a creative, year-long research and performance project about immigrant stories. The film traces their journey, from interviewing seven immigrant activists to performing these stories, along with professional actors, in a live staged production at Boston City Hall Plaza in 2023.

Touching, powerful and inspiring, Open Your Heart demonstrates the power of community, support and love, as we immerse ourselves in the complexity of immigrant stories.

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    Suggested donations:

    – $4.99 for individuals;
    – $35 for nonprofit organizations;
    – $99 for universities; and
    – $350 for corporations.

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    If you’d like to book Mindy Fried, Open Your Heart Producer, to speak at your organization about designing and implementing this project, she can be reached at:  mindy@hooplaproductions.org.

    “I'm not alone in the things that (I’m) going through. Being an immigrant, sometimes you are like, ‘Yea, I'm the only immigrant here.’ No, there are many like you. It's just you just haven't discovered them yet.”
    Samy
    20-year-old ZUMIX actor who performed in Open Your Heart
    “I hope that (audiences) take the info and fight for immigrants. I hope they support them and I hope that they’ll bring people into a community instead of pushing them away. It's very hurtful when you're pushed away.”
    Robin
    14-year-old ZUMIX actor who performed in Open Your Heart
    ZUMIX youth in interviewing workshop

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