Wilhelm Bros. & Co.

Clandestino investigates immigration reform, small-town politics, and religious fundamentalism within the context of the ICE raid of Agriprocessors, Inc, a Kosher slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa. It is scored with live music and songs drawing on Jewish traditions, Guatemalan folk music, original compositions, and local news theme songs. It is performed in Spanish, Yiddish and English, and uses an inventive and transformational scenic design which incorporates an almost successful attempt at making a documentary film. The project will work its way into meatpacking communities and really anywhere workers’ rights and food production are relevant, which is everywhere.