Oaxaca Service Trip:Part 2

The "Oaxaca Mission Trip" documents
Villanova University's spring break service trip to Oaxaca, Mexico. Over the course of the week, we traveled to a variety of locations, including an orphanage, hospital, nursing home and the homes of various special needs families. By the end of the trip, Alex Longo and I compiled over 50 hours of footage.

It was a struggle to understand the actual purpose behind the trip as well as the tangible benefits to the Oaxacan people. I wondered whether the trip was merely a self congratulatory exercise used to ease the liberal guilt of overly
privileged college students. It's been 2 years since I completed the first (full) version of the documentary and I still find
myself searching for answers.

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Film & Animation

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• oaxaxa
• filmmaker
• reel
• documentary
• mexico
• villanova