2009 | Color | 1 h 55 Cruz Montoya is a rock star on the West Coast poetry circuit, where audiences from San Diego to Seattle gather to hear him perform. Just off the road from such a tour, he gets an unexpected phone call alerting him that his father, Senior, is fatally ill, so he rushes home to his dying father. Once home, Cruz retreats to his old life and loses his poetic voice, his identity, and almost his life, before he finds a way to heal his relationships with his family, his community, and himself. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Nunez; Victor Script: Ray Sandova; Joe, T Conway; William Production: T Conway; William, Koch; Karen Photography: Mirano; Virgil Sound: Theriot; Billy Music: Broo; Michael Cast:Blades; Rubén, Sandoval; Miguel, White; Persia, Elías; Antonio, Gabriela Curnen; Monique, Nall; Rashaan, Burks; Jernard, Becker; Kuno, Compte; Maurice Participation year at FICM: 2009
2009 | Color | 1 h 55 Cruz Montoya is a rock star on the West Coast poetry circuit, where audiences from San Diego to Seattle gather to hear him perform. Just off the road from such a tour, he gets an unexpected phone call alerting him that his father, Senior, is fatally ill, so he rushes home to his dying father. Once home, Cruz retreats to his old life and loses his poetic voice, his identity, and almost his life, before he finds a way to heal his relationships with his family, his community, and himself. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Nunez; Victor Script: Ray Sandova; Joe, T Conway; William Production: T Conway; William, Koch; Karen Photography: Mirano; Virgil Sound: Theriot; Billy Music: Broo; Michael Cast:Blades; Rubén, Sandoval; Miguel, White; Persia, Elías; Antonio, Gabriela Curnen; Monique, Nall; Rashaan, Burks; Jernard, Becker; Kuno, Compte; Maurice Participation year at FICM: 2009
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