FILMS
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SLEEP DEALER
Sleep Dealer is my first feature film, a science-fiction set on the U.S. / Mexico border that imagines a strange - but not unimaginable - future of cybraceros, coyoteks, and disembodied border-crossers. More about Sleep Dealer here...
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BEFORE THE MAKING OF SLEEP DEALER
First released as an extra-feature on the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of SLEEP DEALER, this is the story of what it took to get the film off the ground...
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THE SIXTH SECTION
The Sixth Section is a groundbreaking documentary that blends digital animation, home video, cinema verité, and interview footage to depict the transnational organizing of a community of Mexican immigrants in New York.
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THE BORDERS TRILOGY
The Borders Trilogy tells three small stories to illuminate a much larger one: the contradictions of a world order in which products freely cross borders that people may not. More about 'The Borders Trilogy' here...
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DIA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA (Spoof of “Independence Day”)
DIA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA is a satirical movie trailer that mimics the cinematic obsession with 'alien invasions' (Men In Black, Starship Troopers, and of course, Independence Day).
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WHY CYBRACEROS?
Why Cybraceros? (5 min. 1997, USA) takes the form of a mock promotional film. It is based on a real promotional film produced in the late 1940's by the California Grower's Council, titled Why Braceros?
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Papapapá
Papapapá (U.S.A., 1995) is an experimental documentary about immigration. Papapapá is a humorous look at race and immigration, television and nostalgia, distance and the many ways people deal with it.