Migrant Heroes
GALLERY
ABOUT THE FILM
Migrant Hereos is a short film about the life of Hugo Morales, a Mixtec Indian from Oaxaca, Mexico who as a child immigrates with his family to the US. A California farm worker at first, Morales eventually graduates from Harvard Law before creating Radio Bilingüe – a trilingual radio station that caters to the needs of indigenous immigrants. The film explores his life and work, through animation and documentary elements.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Yolanda Cruz (Producer/Director)
Yolanda Cruz is an independent filmmaker from Oaxaca, Mexico. She is a 2011 Sundance Screenwriting and Directing Lab Fellow and an alumna of the Sundance Institute Native Lab. Her work has screened at the Sundance Festival, the Guggenheim Museum, and Park la Villette in Paris. She holds an MFA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
EDWARD JAMES OLMOS
Artist
Yolanda Cruz
Producer/Director
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