B/N | 113:00 On the edge of adulthood, Andrew yearns to find his purpose as a young African American in today’s United States. With his mother longing for something more than parenthood alone, Andrew is forced to take on the mounting pressure of family responsibility. His search for connection with an absent father leads him to a dangerous crossroads. Direction: Méndez Esparza; Antonio Script: Méndez Esparza; Antonio Production: Hernández Santos; Pedro Photography: Balasoiu; Barbu Sound: Argüelles; Luis Cast:Chambers; Ry’nesia, Williams;Robert, Williams; Regina, Bleechington; Andrew Art direction: González Carbonell; Claudia Participation year at FICM: 2017
B/N | 113:00 On the edge of adulthood, Andrew yearns to find his purpose as a young African American in today’s United States. With his mother longing for something more than parenthood alone, Andrew is forced to take on the mounting pressure of family responsibility. His search for connection with an absent father leads him to a dangerous crossroads. Direction: Méndez Esparza; Antonio Script: Méndez Esparza; Antonio Production: Hernández Santos; Pedro Photography: Balasoiu; Barbu Sound: Argüelles; Luis Cast:Chambers; Ry’nesia, Williams;Robert, Williams; Regina, Bleechington; Andrew Art direction: González Carbonell; Claudia Participation year at FICM: 2017
Aquí y allá Pedro returns home to a small mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico after years of working in the US. He finds his daughters older, and more distant than he imagined, though his wife still has the same smile. The villagers think this year?s crop will be bountiful, and that there is work in a growing city nearby, but the locals are wise to a life of insecurity, and their thoughts are often of family members or opportunities far away, north of the border. See More
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