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Folk Frontera

Season 2021 Episode 1 | 14m 26s

Folk Frontera is a magical-realist portrait of life in the borderlands. The film follows two fronteriza women as they struggle to find their place in the vast Chihuahuan Desert, a region whose culture is thousands of years old, but which is bisected by the U.S.-Mexico border.

Extras
Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn made the film Folk Frontera for The Latino Experience.
Filmmaker Alejandra Lopez made the film The Blue Cape for The Latino Experience.
Julia Mendoza Friedman made the film Mi Fango, Mi Cerro for The Latino Experience.
Filmmaker Andres Rovira made the film Noche Buena for The Latino Experience.
Filmmaker Karina Lomelin Ripper contributed the film La Tienda to The Latino Experience.
Dominique Nieves contributed the film Our Lady Lupe to The Latino Experience.
Filmmaker Maria Teresa Rodriguez made Cuban American Gothic for The Latino Experience.
Maria Victoria Ponce made Death & Deathability: A Period Piece for The Latino Experience.
Natalia C. Bell contributed the film Pasos de Valor to The Latino Experience.
Sarah Taborga contributed the film Dear Queer Dancer to The Latino Experience.
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