W&L Presents Screening of ‘Sometime, Somewhere’ Featuring W&L’s Seth Michelson The screening will take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 16 in Stackhouse Theater.

By Lily Caldwell
October 6, 2025

The film “Sometime, Somewhere” will be screened at Washington and Lee University at 6 p.m. Oct. 16 in Stackhouse Theater in Elrod Commons. The screening is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.

The screening will be followed by an open-mic question-and-answer session with director Ricardo Preve, immigration attorney Tanishka Cruz, associate professor of Spanish Seth Michelson, W&L Law assistant clinical professor of law and Director of the Immigration Rights Clinic Lauren Hughes and additional special guests.

The award-winning documentary details the stories of Latin American immigrants in Virginia. The film highlights the challenges faced by Latino communities in Charlottesville as well as different immigration factors including climate change, poverty and drug-related violence. The documentary follows individual journeys to the city, but also showcases a community built on resilience and hope.

Seth Michelson, who is also head of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program at W&L, is interviewed throughout the film, serving as a faculty expert on immigration.

“Sometime, Somewhere” premiered in 2023 at the Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the film won Preve the prestigious Gerland L. Baliles Founders Award. The film has also won multiple national and international awards, including Best Documentary from the LatinUy Film Festival in Punta del Este, Uruguay, and Best Documentary from the Iberoamerican Film Festival Miami.

The screening is sponsored by the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Department of Romance Languages, the Department of History, the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and the Dean’s Office.