Femme Frontera Filmmaker Showcase 2016
The first annual Femme Frontera Filmmaker Showcase premiered on August 1st, 2016 at the El Paso, TX Alamo Drafthouse. Now on tour nationwide with stops in Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, Austin, TX, the Indie Grits Film Festival in Columbia, SC, and New York City, NY, it will continue touring through 2017. The Showcase is a celebration of women filmmakers living on the U.S.-Mexico border region and serves as an opportunity to revise stereotypical cultural narratives through the simple act of showing the truth.
CHILD OF THE DESERT
A MILITARY MOTHER, WHO HAS JUST SUFFERED THE LOSS OF HER SON, MEETS AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT IN THE WEST TEXAS DESERT AND BEFRIENDS HIM.
memory box
JULIETA, AGE 19 AND RECENTLY DECEASED, EXPERIENCES THE AFTERLIFE FOR THE FIRST TIME AT A DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION.
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LA CATRINA
GRIEVING HER HUSBAND'S DEATH, A FARM WORKER ON THE BORDER BECOMES LA CATRINA AND JOURNEYS TO FIND HIM THROUGH THE MYTHIC LANDSCAPE OF THE HARVEST.
Overland
ALONE, UNDOCUMENTED AND IN NEED OF FAST MONEY, NOEMI STEPS OUT OF HER COMFORT ZONE AND BECOMES A "FANTASY MAID". OVERLAND IS A STORY ABOUT EXPLOITATION, PERSEVERANCE, AND BURNING AWAY THE STEREOTYPES THAT SURROUND UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN.
undocumented freedom
AFTER NEARLY A DECADE OF LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF THE LAW, A MAN DEPORTED AT THE AGE OF 19 FOR A NON-VIOLENT DRUG OFFENSE SEEKS HELP WITH A FEDERAL ATTORNEY FROM NEW YORK WHO IS READY TO FIGHT FOR HIS CASE... AND FOR 11 MILLION MORE...
The appleseed project
A VIDEO ANTHOLOGY THAT CAPTURES THE SOUND, PERSONA AND STORY OF WOMEN MUSICIANS FROM THE BORDERLANDS- LA FRONTERA. NARRATIVES REFLECT THE DETERMINATION, HEARTBREAK AND CREATIVITY OF RICHLY TALENTED AND FULL OF WISDOM.