First, I Dream

Synopsis

Two anonymous farmworkers narrate and recount their adolescence growing up in rural villages and the lack of resources that ultimately led them to leave towards the state of California. They reflect on the dangers they faced crossing through the southern border and the multiple risks they took getting to the U.S. even after being detained. The variety of crop fields stitch together and serve as a visual reference for the daily circumstances that come with living in the shadows as an undocumented farmworker.

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Director's bio:
Andrés Lira is a Mexican-American filmmaker and artist of Indigenous Purépecha descent. He was born and raised in the San Joaquin Valley and takes pride in coming from a community of farmworkers. His work focuses on amplifying the underrepresented stories of Latino and Indigenous communities through the exploration of identity, culture, and social justice. In 2023, he was selected as one of ten worldwide emerging filmmakers for the Sundance Ignite Fellowship with his film Primero, Sueño.

 

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