CAM After Dark: At a Stranger’s Table Film Screening and Conversation
Thursday, November 12 | 6:30–8 PM
Reception Hall
$10 Members / $15 Not-Yet Members / Free for Students
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Watch the Trailer:
What happens when people whose lives rarely intersect come together around a shared table?
Join us for a special screening of At a Stranger’s Table, a documentary following H-2A farmworkers in eastern North Carolina from the fields to a shared meal with members of the local community.
Told through the workers’ own voices, the film explores labor, family, separation, and dignity while inviting audiences to consider the connections that can emerge through conversation and shared experiences. Around the table, people separated by language, culture, and circumstance come together to listen, exchange stories, and find common ground.
Following the screening, stay for a conversation with artists Cornelio Campos and Sally Jacobs, and filmmaker Scott Temple, moderated by Isabela Luján. Together, they will explore the film’s themes of community, identity, and the power of storytelling to deepen our understanding of one another.
To make this program accessible to a wider audience, simultaneous Spanish translation will be available throughout the evening.
About the Panelists
Scott Temple is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker whose multimedia work combines storytelling and imagery, most notably in his documentary At a Stranger’s Table. He holds a BA from Appalachian State University and an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. His creative practice reflects a passion for storytelling, the natural world, and fostering connections with the places and people around him.
Sally Jacobs is the assistant manager for the Artist Innovation Mentorship Program at the North Carolina Museum of Art and a lecturer at Belmont Abbey College. She earned her BFA from the University of Cincinnati and her MFA from Western Carolina University. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally, including in Florence, Italy, and New York City. She is represented by Prince Street Gallery in New York City.
Cornelio Campos is a self-taught Mexican American artist based in Durham, North Carolina. Drawing on his experiences as an immigrant, his vibrant, symbol-rich paintings explore immigration, cultural identity, and the social realities of the U.S.-Mexico border. His public art projects include Libertad, a 2,700-square-foot community mural at El Futuro in Durham, and the AMEXCAN School Bus, a mobile artwork celebrating the cultural and economic contributions of migrant farmworkers in eastern North Carolina.
About the Moderator
She is actively involved with local organizations that support and promote the Latinex Community in the Cape Fear Region. Her goal is to help families, small businesses, and entrepreneurs in her community gain visibility and to serve as a bridge for cultural integration and exposure by assisting those working toward home and business ownership. Originally from Venezuela, Ms. Luján holds a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas.