César Martínez Barba

Painter Esteban Cabeza de Baca quietly defies the laws of space and time, blending past, present, and future in richly layered landscapes of the American Southwest. From his studio in Queens, to on-site painting at the US-Mexico border, to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this short documentary follows a young artist as he strives to give form to both his personal story and the still-present legacy of colonialism.

Queenie Lawrence, a 73-year-young Black Lesbian and resident of the Marcy Projects, navigates applying for the Stonewall Houses, NYC's first LGBT Elder affordable housing.

Within the walls of a call center, a feeling of being in limbo pervades. Homesickness floods the phone receiver as deported call center agents make calls across the US-Mexico border.

Outside of El Chapo's Brooklyn trial, his mythology appears in media spectacles, sidewalk conversations and selfies.

The cempasúchil flower, used during the Day of the Dead to guide spirits back home, travels throughout Mexico City and encounters characters who have lost a loved one to the pandemic.