CHANCLETA (2024) Drama, Fantasy
This is a tall tale about how Captain Jesus gets his Jesus sandals. The “chancleta” to me has always endowed some grandiose power of Latin mothers to control their children by wacking a flip flop on the side of their heads. They use it as a form of discipline. A chancleta was the equivalent to Chekhov’s gun. You see it, you know it is going to be used.
Bongo-Z and his Watercolor Dreams (2023) Documentary
Growing up, every Sunday my dad, Bongo-Z would take my sister and me to “church.” Our church aisles were sandy and the holy water was the convergence of salt and pee. For a long time, this is what I believed church was. The ocean was my religion. Whenever my dad was having a difficult time drinking and trying not to drink he would go to the beach. I wanted to show the impact spirituality has on getting sober in a story as transparent as watercolor.
Talk to the Hand (2021) Mockumentary
Hands talk to us about life and the mark they have made on the world.
America For Dummies (2021) Poetic Commentaryy
An American history lesson about all the things they don't teach us in school.