Cake
A film by Esmeralda Hernandez
This film was screened as a part of the 2019 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF22)
With editor/assoc prod/A.D. Corbin Heinchon in attendance
This film screened as part of this year’s Hecho en Tejas competition lineup
USA, Drama/Immigration/Student, 2019
9 min, Color
English, Spanish with English subtitles
With an increase of immigration sweeps happening around Austin, Texas, a first-generation Mexican-American child named Ana, struggles with having an “American childhood.” As her 7th birthday approaches, she can’t think about birthday cake or piñatas, she can only focus on her fears for her family’s future.
Austin Premiere
Print Source: Corbin Heinchon, tlcboys@gmail.com