“The Visitor”
Ethics Film Series
January 27, 2009

A widowed college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple, who turn out to be illegal immigrants, living in his apartment. The film chronicles the journeys of the professor and the couple as they contend with the American immigration system.

(Thomas McCarthy, 2008, 104 min.)

Post-film discussion and debate was led by Kenan Institute for Ethics Director and immigration expert Noah Pickus, along with Institute Associate Director Suzanne Shanahan and Assistant Director Kim Abels.

This event was cosponsored by the Film/Video/Digital Department and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.