IT’s GOing To Be Beautiful
Eight prototypes for a border wall stand on the US-Mexico border. To choose a winning design, Border Patrol officers and the military will attempt to climb, dig under, or breach the structures using techniques employed by immigrants and drug dealers.
This is a film I made with my friend and co-director Luis Gutiérrez Arias. We shot the film over the course of about a month, which included interviewing the border patrol.
Poster designed by John Henry Theisen
Full List of Festivals:
Official Selection Guanajuato 2018
Official Selection Tacoma 2018 - Winner Best Cinematography
Official Selection DocsMX 2018
Official Selection Morelia 2018
Official Selection DokLeipzig 2018
Official Selection Kasseler Dokfest 2018
Official Selection Soria 2018
Official Selection Sundance 2019
Official Selection Ambulante 2019
Official Selection AmDocs 2019
Official Selection Omaha Film Festival 2019
Official Selection Images Festival 2019
Official Selection Ashland Independent Film Festival 2019
Official selection XicanIndie FF 2019
Official selection Flatpack Festival 2019
Official selection Houston Latino Film Festival 2019
Official selection Full Frame 2019
Official Selection Formentera Film Festival 2019
Official Selection ICDOCS 2019
Official Selection DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Official Selection Chicago Underground Film Festival
Official Selection Latein Amerikanische Tage 2019
Official Selection Melbourne International Film Festival 2019
Official Selection Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam 2019
Official Selection Still Voices Short Film Festival 2019
Official Selection IFF Message to Man 2019
Official Selection Dokufest Kosovo 2019
Official Selection Festival Internacional de Cine Migrante 2019
Official Selection BAMCinemafest 2019