By Stephanie Ornelas  Director and writer Juan Pablo González displays his true love and respect for the Mexican state of Jalisco while showing the resilience

by Bailey Pennick “Yeah, mama.film is in an interesting evolution,” says Lela Meadow-Conner with a light laugh over Zoom. The executive director and founder of

By Stephanie Ornelas  Digital Gym is ready to deliver a slice of Sundance Film Festival to San Diego.   Almost two years ago, when the California–based

By Stephanie Ornelas  When a ten-year old boy addressed the artists and creators of Three Minutes – A Lengthening during the film’s post-screening Q&A, he

By Katie Small In Myanmar, the Rohingya — a Muslim minority community — face persecution and violence, and are denied basic rights by the majority

By Stephanie Ornelas  Back in 2007, when director Tonya Lewis Lee was asked by the U.S. Department of Health Services to be a spokesperson for

By Katie Small Taking an unsettling look at the consequences of emotional manipulation and codependent relationships, Resurrection mixes magical realism and horror to unnerving effect.

By Stephanie Ornelas  From its opening shot until the credits roll, Alex Pritz’s Sundance Film Festival award-winning documentary about a land dispute in Brazil unfolds

When it comes to championing the new voices, leaders, and narratives of independent storytelling, we’re ready to celebrate at the drop of a hat. Today,

by Bailey Pennick It’s been an epic journey to get here, to the end of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, and like any good saga,