Backside

Backside intimately explores the daily life and expertise of the migrant workers behind the Kentucky Derby, the most famous horse race in the world.

Latinos ‘24

Using an immersive documentary approach, Latinos ’24 delves into the 2024 presidential election through the eyes of Latino voters in key battleground states, emphasizing policy issues over political horse race coverage.

She Wrestles

Women’s wrestling is now the fastest-growing high-school sport in the USA, and Latinas are joining in record numbers. Set in Nebraska, She Wrestles is about a sport, a movement, and a watershed moment of cultural change. It’s also about the changing face of rural America and how young women find meaning and make community as they navigate our complicated world.

Si Pudiera Quedarme/If I Could Stay

The film tells the inspiring story of two undocumented Latinx mothers who find sanctuary in Colorado churches to evade deportation and protect their families. Over five years, they face the constant threat of ICE raids while fighting for their legal status and inspiring allies in their predominantly white faith communities. Through an intimate lens, the film showcases the unwavering strength and sacrifice of these mothers, who risk everything to keep their families together in the country they call home

The Franchise

After serving 32 years in the New York state prison system, Alejo Rodriguez, a 56-year-old Latino of Afro-Cuban descent, sets out to uncover the complex financial connections between the South Bronx and the upstate New York townships in Orange County that house 54 of the state’s prisons.

They/Dream

After the death of his beloved grandmother, the director invites his grieving mother to join him in the creation of a series of animated shorts meant to honor their Puerto Rican family’s journey and highlight their unique views on life and loss while healing themselves in the process.

Untitled Ricardo Montalban Project

A revealing portrait of Hollywood star Ricardo Montalban, who overcame decades of discrimination and racism on his road to becoming an icon. Typecast by MGM as a Latin lover and relegated to stereotypical roles, Montalban strove his entire career to increase positive Latino representation in Hollywood. Through his life, the film also tells the story of Latinos on screen from the 1940s until today — and the challenges that remain.

Juan Po

Inspired by his R&B idol and wanting to impress the teacher he is crushing on, 12-year-old Juan Po gets a DIY perm from his mother. Now he must survive an entire day at school with truly bad hair.

Juana Pelos

It’s the first day of school and Juana is facing the worst peril of Latina puberty — she’s getting hairy.

La Orquesta

A sought-after music teacher and conductor, Juana Alzaga has led many school orchestras over her 40-year career, but this one is different. Most of her students’ families are immigrants from Central and South America who’ve made new homes just outside of Atlanta, along Buford Highway — Georgia’s most diverse corridor. For most, this is their only opportunity for music education.

What to Expect

An exhausted pair of first-time parents only have one dream: to sleep and bond with their newborn baby. But this desire is foiled by the unexpected intrusion of their loud and opinionated families, who show up and refuse to leave.