La Pakis
In the face of a growing wave of anti-gay legislation, Oscar Garcia, one of the first LGBTQ+ Latinx activists in the American South, decides to bring back La Pakis, a powerful, but destructive drag persona from his troubled past, in an attempt to integrate her into a positive community role model.
El Desobediente
After years of rodeos, a famed Mexican bull rider is ready to settle down. Suddenly, the “quiet life” of raising a child, reckoning with his estranged family, and finding redemption become more challenging than riding a thousand-pound bull.
The Dream of the Bear
An undocumented Aztec Dancer and a Native American Bear Dancer are brought together by the spirit of a brown bear who inspires them to undergo a fantastic, life-changing journey.
FILMS IN DEVELOPMENT
The Making of the Nuevo South
The Making of the Nuevo South will tell the stories of the Latino immigrant experience in the American South by elevating the voices of everyday people.
PAST FILMS
¡FIESTA! Quinceañera
Life for a Latinx immigrant family in the New South can be challenging and sometimes terrifying, but thankfully, there’s always a fiesta to take you through the night. ¡Fiesta! Quinceañera is a feature documentary broadcast on REEL SOUTH, based on the ITVS digital series, that weaves the lives of three Latina girls and a seasoned drag artist as they celebrate their quinceañera, a complex and colorful rite of passage.
This Taco Truck Kills Fascists
New Orleans-based performance activist José Torres-Tama has a dream to create a revolutionary Taco Truck Theater with a simple message of “no guacamole for immigrant haters”. This Taco Truck Kills Fascists weaves two narratives: the classic “against all odds” story of an immigrant artist of color bringing the voices of radical Black performers and undocumented workers out of the shadows with the story of a father struggling to raise his two boys into political consciousness in the “Age of Trump”. Winner of the Jury Award for Best Louisiana Feature at the New Orleans Film Festival.
