La International Latino Film Festival 2021 (June 2-6)

Blursday

Sergio Guerrero Garzafox

<p>Alex and Ray move in together right as the stay-at-home order goes into effect. Being quarantined together, isolated from the outside world for so long reveals secrets and lies that push them apart. Meanwhile, an unexpected pregnancy and her father&#39;s battle with coronavirus complicates matters even further. Is it selfish to bring a child into this new reality?</p>

Don't Come Close

Daniel Fermín Pfeffer

<p>During the height of New York City&rsquo;s covid pandemic, a young man can&rsquo;t come close to his family.</p>

Águilas (Eagles)

Kristy Guevara-Flanagan Maite Zubiaurre

<p>Along the southern desert border in Arizona, it is estimated that only one out of every five missing migrants are ever found. &Aacute;guilas is the story of one group of searchers, the Aguilas del Desierto. Once a month these volunteers&mdash;construction workers, gardeners, domestic laborers by trade&mdash;set out to recover the missing, reported to them by loved ones often thousands of miles away. Amidst rising political repression and cartel violence, as well as the eternal difficulties of travel in the Sonoran Desert, the &Aacute;guilas carry out their solemn task. &Aacute;guilas lays bare the tragic reality of migrant death by venturing deep into the wilderness of the borderlands. The desert is a vast cemetery where the bodies and dried bones of migrants lie exposed under the scorching sun. In a world where efforts to humanize the migrant experience often get lost within the statistics and headlines, this documentary provides an observational and poetic response to one of the most pressing issues of our time, undocumented immigration and the hardships of the border crossing experience.</p>

Landfall

Cecilia Aldarondo

<p>Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane Mar&iacute;a Puerto Rico, Landfall is a cautionary tale for our times. Set against the backdrop of protests that toppled the US colony&rsquo;s governor in 2019, the film offers a rismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance. While the devastation of Mar&iacute;a attracted a great deal of media coverage, the world has paid far less attention to the storm that preceded it: a 72-billion-dollar debt crisis crippling Puerto Rico well before the winds and waters hit. Landfall examines the kinship of these two storms&mdash;one environmental, the other economic&mdash;juxtaposing competing utopian visions of recovery. Featuring intimate encounters with Puerto Ricans as well as the newcomers flooding the island, Landfall reflects on a question of contemporary global relevance: when the world falls apart, who do we become?</p>

Hands of Gold

Merced Elizondo

<p>Sergio, a former mechanic, is in the middle of a crippling battle with arthritis. When the opportunity to fix an old family-friend&#39;s truck arises, Sergio begins a downward spiral towards denial and self-destructive behavior in an attempt to regain his identity as a working man with purpose. As a result, his struggling relationship with his son is put to the ultimate test.</p>

No Thank You

Rachael Drummond

<p>As the end of the world approaches, a woman must decide between fighting for her life or staying in her cozy apartment and waiting for death.</p>

Nuevo Rico

Kristian Mercado Figueroa

<p>A brother and sister stumble upon a celestial secret that changes their lives forever and propels them into Reggaet&oacute;n stardom, but they soon discover that their newfound fame comes at a deep price.</p>

Roach

Agustín Touriño

<p>Gregorio has a monotonous life, going back and forth from the factory where he works, to his apartment, where he lives alone. One day he finds a cockroach in his cupboard and instead of killing it, he decides to adopt it. This will change Gregorio&#39;s life completely.</p>