Día de los Héroes y Mártires

(2009, TRT 12:00)

It's the first year since the Peace Accords were signed that the Guatemalan army did not take to the streets on Day of the Army. Instead, the activists are there, just as they had been for the past 10 years, but this time in a less militarized atmosphere.

Somos Mujeres, Somos Vida!

(2008, TRT 16:00)

Ten mother immigrant activists collaborate on a theater piece about their lived experienced. Produced by Somos Mayfair, co-directors: Jason Wallach and Patricia Alvarez Astacio.

Patricia

(2008, TRT 5:00)

A portrait of a young Puerto Rican woman living in California and the contradictory feelings that arise from her migratory experience, as expressed through the landscape.

Pan Dulce y Café Amargo

(2007, TRT 10:00)

A study on space, movement, culture, and food, this documentary highlights a Guatemalan couple that owns a bakery in San Francisco's Mission District and has created their own transnational community with their clients, neighbors, and friends.

Programming Whiteness

(2007, TRT 17:44)

A look at Fox's programming and advertisements (sometimes one and the same) as it works to program our minds and prohibits us from questioning the privilege of whiteness.

ICE Raids Protest

(2007, TRT 13:50)

Documentation of an Immigrant Rights Rally Against the ICE Raids in Pomona, California.

Mi Colombidentidad

(2007, TRT 15:30)

An autobiographical documentary about my immediate family' s disconnect to our Colombian heritage and my attempt to reconnect, physically and emotionally. Deals with themes such as diaspora, assimilation, internalized racism, and biculturalism.

Colombidentidad

(2006, TRT 5:10)

A short experimental documentary piece that plays with speeds and time to highlight the political content of the interviews which explore multi-faceted Colombian displacement.

Una Conversación Entre Primos

(2006, TRT 10:00)

An exchange between two of the filmmaker's cousins imposed upon them by editing; a conversation that would have never occurred between the two cousins of opposing, yet similar points of view due to political and familial differences.

Blue Fly, Brown Fly

(2006, TRT 1:58)

Why is the blue butterfly considered more special than the brown one? An examination of racial construction in a seemingly unrelated moment.

A Video Meditation on Sound

(2006, TRT 1:30)

In media, how are we to discern what is “real” and what is constructed? A study of sound and authorship in video.

Caminos para el Futuro

(2006, TRT 18:20)

An exploration of Colombian refugee experience in Ecuador: this video was a report from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) used for promotional purposes to present to their funders.