Alex Mousan

Visual storyteller

A Visual Anthology of Me  

 

A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.  

 

 

Alexandra M Sanchez  

Bachelor of Science  

University of Florida, 2014  

 

 

To be approved by:  

UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media

Chad Heartwood  

Erin Siegal- McIntyre  

Kathleen Flynn

 

 

 

Spring April 2023  

University of North Carolina  

Chapel Hill, North Carolina  

 

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 Abstract

This proposal examines the historical role of Western influence starting with Spanish, British and American colonization and its role in Nicaragua throughout the years of establishing itself as a country. This proposal goes through Nicaraguan history leading up to the Sandinista Revolution which forced my mother and aunt to leave the country and eventually make their way to the United States.  

This project focuses on these examples of forced migration that inevitably led to the story of my birth in the United States. Through the storytelling of those who experienced the journey, a mixture of archival materials and animation, a film will tell the story of the perils of making it to a new country. The style of the film will be journalistic with narration by me, guiding the viewer along through the history and journey. It will be a journey of self-discovery of my own understanding of the historical significance of the time period that led up to the eventual migration of my family. As well as learning the differences between my upbringing and theirs and why their views about the revolution have differed from mine in the past.  

 

 

 

 

 

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Acknowledgements:

 

 

 

I want to thank my mother, Piedad Jimenez Callero Sanchez and

 my aunt Dina Jesus Jimenez Callero Jacks

for making the journey to the United States to provide me the opportunity to  

gain a higher education.