American Sons, feature length documentary. Work in Progress. Release 2025 Producer. Years after a deadly deployment to Afghanistan, a brotherhood of Marines reunite over the loss of their friend and confront their past to heal from physical and emotional wounds. During his combat journey, Cpl. Jorge JV Villarreal used a personal video camera to document…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UN TRIP: RAÚL SALINAS AND THE POETRY OF LIBERATION (Documentary Short 25 Min. ) A film by Anne Lewis and Laura Varela LA LOMA Neighborhood of my youth, Demolished, erased forever from the universe. You live on, captive, in the lonely cellblocks of my mind. Un Trip through the Mind Jail, raúlrsalinas,…
Segundo de Febrero (Documentary Short) 11 minutes Directed by Laura Varela Laura Varela – Segundo de Febrero February 2nd is a unique Mexican American celebration commemorating the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the U.S.-Mexican War. The date is also considered to be the ‘birth’ of the Mexican American. It merges the commemoration…
AS LONG AS I REMEMBER: AMERICAN VETERANOS examines the steep personal toll and enduring legacy of the Vietnam War on three artists from south Texas: visual artist Juan Farias, author Michael Rodriguez and actor/poet Eduardo Garza. Through the personal histories and experiences of these Chicano veterans, the film examines the role art plays in the…