short film projects
benchlands
In one morning an entire unhoused community is displaced by police and bulddozers sent by the Santa Cruz City Council. This film follows this day through conversation with the unhoused people themselves as they say their complicated goodbyes.
(TRT: 9 min)
Watsonville drag story time
This film follows the first official bilingual drag story time in Watsonville, CA as local organizers work together to curate a powerful family friendly event. After an anonymous hate letter was published in a local newspaper, security and support for the queer community and this debut event becomes more important than ever.
(TRT: 10 min)
Watsonville Drag Story Time premiered at the Watsonville Film Festival 2024.
Pajaro valley, ca
An experimental piece that looks at Pajaro Valley’s relationship to pesticides through farmworker testimony at a local council meeting, conversation with a young woman protecting the Wetlands, and a drag queen in dried up strawberry fields.
(TRT: 10 min)
Essay film
The filmmaker explores her connection to race and labor as she, a young Latina temporarily in Santa Cruz, takes her dog on daily walks around the boardwalk.
(TRT: 8 min)