SUNRISE RUBY – Directed by Amberlee Colson
Runtime: 26:15
A young American woman, we call RUBY, flees from the altar on her wedding day, overwhelmed with a deep sense of loneliness. Desperate for a new beginning, she packs up her life in Los Angeles, which consists of an expensive salsa dress and her tabby cat’s ashes. She’s off to Mexico City with plans to live with her adopted family – her aloof father and controlling stepmother.
INVISIBLE VIOLENCE – Directed by Brian Gonzalez
Runtime: 10:40
Illustrated as an ongoing visual study “Invisible Violence” becomes a visual requiem for the Mexican farm workers who were burned alive or wounded in the routine gasoline baths at the Mexican border nearly a century ago, who have still not been properly memorialized.
A LOVELY DEATH – Directed by Miguel del Campo
Runtime: 07:15
Lonely and longing for love, the Grim Reaper finds hope after saving an innocent girl from an abusive relationship.
MOTHER OF COLOR – Directed by Dawn Jones Redstone
Runtime: 1:27:00
In a tumultuous world, Noelia, a whip-smart community organizer and single mother of two constantly has to make hard choices between her kids and her career. When she’s offered the chance to interview for a position that could change everything, she begins receiving mysterious messages from her ancestors.