Houston Cinema Arts Festival 2021

Borders No Borders Documentary Shorts

Expired November 24, 2021 5:30 AM
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9 films in package
Águilas
Amidst rising political repression and cartel violence, as well as the eternal difficulties of travel in the Sonoran Desert, the Aguilas carry out their solemn task.
Sardis
Deep in the Choctaw Nation, a picturesque lake hosts an unusual sight: an island populated by rows of headstones. This cemetery floating in a man-made lake is the last relic of what was the town of Sardis, Oklahoma.
Folk Frontera
Two fronteriza women as they struggle to find their place in the vast Chihuahuan Desert, a region whose culture is thousands of years old, but which is bisected by the U.S.-Mexico border.
Nonstop
Since you arrived, my heart stopped belonging to me
Central American mothers journey by bus through Mexico, searching for their children who migrated north towards the United States but disappeared en route.
The Cluster
In the aftermath of a cancer outbreak, a community looks for answers.
The Rifleman
Through meticulously assembled archival imagery, “The Rifleman” reveals the roots of the modern National Rifle Association, U.S. Border Patrol, and the gun lobby’s unyielding influence on national politics.
between starshine and clay
This ritual story remembers an evening on MLK Day ’19, where Lead to Life, a collective that transforms guns into the otherwise, to commemorate Black folks and land impacted by the wake of violence, transforms guns into the constellations above Oscar Grant as they appeared 10 years prior, on the evening he was murdered by Oakland police.
Borders No Borders Documentary Shorts Q&A
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This program is generously supported by Independent Media Arts.

Each year, hundreds of Central American migrants journeying north towards the United States go missing. Their mothers, left behind with nowhere to turn for support, organize together and journey by bus through Mexico, retracing the last known steps of their missing children. Since you arrived, my heart stopped belonging to me is a short documentary that follows these mothers, offering a perspective from the alternate side of the immigration crisis. The film intimately explores the familial grief and longing of these mothers for their children and the tremendous personal costs of the social forces that affect migration.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    21 minutes
  • Language
    Spanish
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Texas
  • Director
    Erin Semine Kökdil
  • Producer
    Erin Semine Kökdil