Cara Romero: Following The Light: A biopic on contemporary fine art photographer and Chemehuevi citizen Cara Romero.
Grounded: A contemporary artist who lost both of her legs as a child a new sense of freedom and creativity through dance and the birth of her daughters.
Jaz: A day in the life of painter Jaz Chambers, who has been living unhoused and making art in the streets of San Francisco for almost 20 years.
La Mariachi: La Mariachi recounts Veronica Robles' turbulent road to success, turning pain into strength through the art of Mariachi.
Of Wood: Wood carvings tell the story of wood - until everything goes wrong.
Richard Misrach: Never the Same: Photographer Richard Misrach re-examines half a century’s worth of his celebrated landscapephotography and creates new work from his archive during early COVID-19 lockdowns in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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A documentary on contemporary fine art photographer Cara Romero. An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Romero was raised between contrasting settings: the rural Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA and the urban sprawl of Houston, TX. Romero’s identity informs her photography, a blend of fine art and editorial photography, shaped by years of study and a visceral approach to representing Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural memory, collective history, and lived experiences from a Native American female perspective.
Cara Romero: Following the Light explores the artist’s development as a photographer, delves into the Chemehuevi and California Indigenous history that informs her work, includes behind-the-scenes footage of Cara’s shoots, and includes interviews with leading Indigenous artists: Cara herself, husband and famed Pueblo potter Diego Romero, collaborator and place-based artist Leah Mata Fragua (Northern Chumash), National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (Mvskoke Nation), and multidisciplinary artist Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota).
Awards
Best Short Documentary - Red Nation International Film Festival ● Best Special Focus Documentary nominee - LA Femme Film Festival.
Festivals
Newport Beach Film Festival ● Santa Barbara International Film Festival ● Santa Fe International Film Festival
Filmmaker Attending, Post-Screening Q&A!
- Year2022
- Runtime27 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorKaela Waldstein
- Executive ProducerAmber-Dawn Bear Robe, Lara Evans
- ComposerJason Goodyear
Cara Romero: Following The Light: A biopic on contemporary fine art photographer and Chemehuevi citizen Cara Romero.
Grounded: A contemporary artist who lost both of her legs as a child a new sense of freedom and creativity through dance and the birth of her daughters.
Jaz: A day in the life of painter Jaz Chambers, who has been living unhoused and making art in the streets of San Francisco for almost 20 years.
La Mariachi: La Mariachi recounts Veronica Robles' turbulent road to success, turning pain into strength through the art of Mariachi.
Of Wood: Wood carvings tell the story of wood - until everything goes wrong.
Richard Misrach: Never the Same: Photographer Richard Misrach re-examines half a century’s worth of his celebrated landscapephotography and creates new work from his archive during early COVID-19 lockdowns in the San Francisco Bay Area.
(click on titles in column to the right to see individual film details below)
A documentary on contemporary fine art photographer Cara Romero. An enrolled citizen of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Romero was raised between contrasting settings: the rural Chemehuevi reservation in Mojave Desert, CA and the urban sprawl of Houston, TX. Romero’s identity informs her photography, a blend of fine art and editorial photography, shaped by years of study and a visceral approach to representing Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural memory, collective history, and lived experiences from a Native American female perspective.
Cara Romero: Following the Light explores the artist’s development as a photographer, delves into the Chemehuevi and California Indigenous history that informs her work, includes behind-the-scenes footage of Cara’s shoots, and includes interviews with leading Indigenous artists: Cara herself, husband and famed Pueblo potter Diego Romero, collaborator and place-based artist Leah Mata Fragua (Northern Chumash), National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (Mvskoke Nation), and multidisciplinary artist Cannupa Hanska Luger (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota).
Awards
Best Short Documentary - Red Nation International Film Festival ● Best Special Focus Documentary nominee - LA Femme Film Festival.
Festivals
Newport Beach Film Festival ● Santa Barbara International Film Festival ● Santa Fe International Film Festival
Filmmaker Attending, Post-Screening Q&A!
- Year2022
- Runtime27 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorKaela Waldstein
- Executive ProducerAmber-Dawn Bear Robe, Lara Evans
- ComposerJason Goodyear