God Save Texas: La Frontera

Name: God Save Texas: La Frontera
Start: 2024-05-16
End: 2024-05-16
Location: AFS Cinema THEATER #2

An Hecho en Tejas Presentation

genres:

Documentary

Female-Directed

Immigration

GOD SAVE TEXAS is a documentary trilogy that takes viewers on a journey through one of the most controversial states in the union, guided by three directors, each with a unique and personal perspective. In episode 3, LA FRONTERA, Mexican-American filmmaker Iliana Sosa explores how Nepantla, a Nahuatl word for the concept of “in-between-ness”, characterizes her relationship to both her Mexican heritage and her hometown of El Paso, Texas, and how that unique hybridity allowed the city to come together and heal in the wake of a devastating 2019 mass shooting.

DIRECTOR(S)Iliana Sosa

DIRECTOR(S) BIOGRAPHYIliana Sosa is an Austin-based filmmaker raised in El Paso, Texas, by Mexican immigrant parents. Her work has screened at festivals and museums, including SXSW, Full Frame, Camden, Morelia, and the Museum of the Moving Image, and she’s held fellowships and residencies with Firelight Media, Sundance Institute, Berlinale Talents, True False/Catapult Rough Cut Retreat, Logan Nonfiction Program, and Jacob Burns Film Center. Her Gotham Award-nominated debut feature What We Leave Behind (ARRAY Releasing) won two jury awards at SXSW 2022 and was a New York Times “Critic’s Pick.” It’s currently available to stream on Netflix. In 2020, she was one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” and in 2021, she was one of DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40.” She is a DGA member and is an Assistant Professor in the Radio, Film, and TV department at the University of Texas at Austin.

SCREENS WITH SHORT “WHAT WASHES ASHORE”
Dir. Harold Nieves Fisch

When a lonely young immigrant discovers a dead body on the shores of her employer’s vacation home, she calls on unexpected friends and untapped bravery to face her deepest fear.

Filmmakers in attendance, Q&A to follow screening.