28th San Diego Latino Film Festival

Docu-Shorts Program Q&A

Expired March 17, 2021 7:00 AM
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9 films + livestream in package
Ale Libre
Alejandra prepares for the biggest event of her life — her deportation case.
Juli
An athlete from the University of Puerto Rico struggles between her financial situation, her studies and her health.
Desde Arriba
Following the incredibly dangerous job of high rise window cleaners we get insights into their lives hopes and disillusionment.
Ser Feliz No Vão
A black essay on trains, beaches and occupying spaces.
Closed captions available
La Cachera
When couples fight, leave each other and reconcile, the neighbors organize them a CACHERA; a bizarre serenade to ridicule them with verses and trumpets in the middle of the night.
Casabe Cubano
Cuban Cassava, a 2021 short film by director Marcos Colón, recounts the love story of Atilano Santiesteban and Melba Barata alongside the story of how cassava flour is made in Damían, Cuba. The film simultaneously unravels the ups and downs of Atilano and Melba’s relationship and the detailed process of making cassava flour.
Arqueologia de la dignidad trabajadora
In Guatemala, an old trade unionist, delves into the shameful working conditions and devastating consequences of the pandemic.
( ( ( ( ( /*\ ) ) ) ) ) (Ecos de volcan)
This ethnographic excursion is a feast for the eyes paced by the quotidian chorus of sounds in a Chiapan village. Gradually, political themes arise. As it relates the legacy of co-director Saúl Kak's refugeed forebears, (((((/*\))))) (AKA echoes of the volcano) gives voice to the Zoque struggle for Indigenous sovereignty, against the neoliberal state.
To be an American
The film intimately shares the voices of a new generation of Latinos and their hope for the new US.
Docu-Shorts Program Q&A
A Q&A featuring the filmmakers of the Docu-Shorts Program
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In 1982, the eruption of a volcano called Chichonal forced the Zoque community to relocate. Filmed over the course of six years, (((((/*))))) captures the unique atmosphere of the Indigenous group’s Chiapas village. This ethnographic excursion is a feast for the eyes and an auditory journey paced by quaint music and advertisements blaring from shops and roving trucks. Gradually, political themes come to the surface. Through a portrait of this world, Charles Fairbanks and Saul Kak (a Zoque artist and activist) explore the cultural richness of minority communities and neoliberal pressure on Indigenous peoples and their lands, with clear parallels to the painful condition of refugees everywhere.

  • RIDM
  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    18 minutes
  • Language
    Spanish, Zoque
  • Country
    México
  • Premiere
    California Premiere
  • Director
    Charles Fairbanks & Saúl Kak
  • Cinematographer
    Charles Fairbanks
  • Editor
    Charles Fairbanks
  • Sound Design
    Saúl Kak
  • Music
    Hugo Paris / Lavender
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