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202114 minPGdoc-short

Folk Frontera

202114 minPGdoc-short

Two fronteriza women navigate the vast Chihuahuan Desert, a region shaped by thousands of years of culture and divided by the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Alejandra Vasquez

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Two fronteriza women navigate the vast Chihuahuan Desert, a region shaped by thousands of years of culture and divided by the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Sam Osborn

Sam Osborndirector

Alejandra Vasquez

Alejandra Vasquezdirector

Synopsis

Two women navigate life in the Chihuahuan Desert, a region split by the U.S.-Mexico border. They search for their identity in a culture that spans thousands of years. Folk Frontera presents a magical-realist view of their struggles and experiences in these borderlands. The film runs for 14 minutes and was released in 2021.

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