Border | No Borders Documentary 1
Part of our Borders | No Borders competition. Sign up to meet the filmmakers at the Borders | No Borders Virtual Filmmaker Mixer on Saturday, November 21st at 12pm CST. Supported by Independent Media Arts.
Where It Stands
This short documentary follows community members and advocates as they face the challenge of preserving and documenting Texas Freedom Colonies— African American communities scattered throughout the state of Texas, built in the aftermath of the Civil War by former slaves.
Country, Year | United States, 2020 |
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Director | Owen Schwartzbard |
Producer | The Bullock Texas State History Museum, Edwards Media |
Language | English |
Runtime | 5 MINS, 55 SECS |
Genre | Short |
Event Type | Compilation |
Lost ID
Castiel, a 25 years old transgender man reflects about his identity through gender, the ways he transgresses this concept and how it influences his own perception and the world around him.
This film can be viewed across North America.
Country, Year | Mexico, 2020 |
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Director | Axel González |
Cast | Castiel Mérigo |
Producer | Axel González and Brenda Alonso |
Language | Spanish |
Runtime | 12 MINS, 27 SECS |
Genre | Short |
Event Type | Compilation |
Pancho Clause
For more than 30 years, Richard Reyes has been playing Pancho Clause, a chicano twist on Santa Clause. Every year he puts together a toy drive, and gives out gifts to parents and children who can't afford presents.
Country, Year | United States, 2020 |
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Director | Javier Fernandez |
Producer | Javier Fernandez |
Language | English |
Runtime | 7 MINS, 00 SECS |
Genre | Short |
Event Type | Compilation |
Too Long Here
First Lady Pat Nixon inaugurates “Friendship Park” where the US-Mexico border meets the sea, but decades later will her promise of a shared space hold up?
Country, Year | United States, 2020 |
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Director | Emily Packer |
Producer | Friends of Friendship Park, Marginal Gap Films |
Language | English |
Runtime | 6 MINS, 39 SECS |
Genre | Short |
Event Type | Compilation |
What Remains
Nueva Italia, Michoacán: in 2014, the Community Self-Defense Groups organized to loot and set fire to properties linked to drug trafficking, including the only existing movie theatre in the town.
Country, Year | Mexico, 2019 |
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Director | Yudiel Landa Corona |
Producer | Yudiel Landa Corona |
Language | English Subtitles, Spanish |
Runtime | 18 MINS, 40 SECS |
Genre | Short |
Event Type | Compilation |
Beirut on the Bayou
In 1902, Raif Shwayri’s grandfather emigrated from Lebanon to the U.S., where he worked as a peddler in Louisiana, defying the odds to build a lasting legacy. The writer retraces his grandfather’s footsteps to reveal a compelling hidden history along the Cajun bayou.
Country, Year | United States, 2019 |
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Director | Brent Joseph |
Writer | Raif Shwayri |
Cast | Raif Shwayrti, Fred Joseph, Al Joseph, Glen Pitre |
Producer | Brent Joseph |
Language | Arabic, English, English Subtitles, French |
Runtime | 24 MINS, 00 SECS |
Genre | Short |
Event Type | Compilation |