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Broadcast Premiere of HUMMINGBIRDS


HUMMINGBIRDS
A film by Silvia Del Carmen Castaños & Estefanía "Beba" Contreras
(USA, 2023, In English and Spanish with English subtitles)

Silvia Del Carmen Castaños & Estefanía "Beba" Contreras tell their own coming-of-age story inHummingbirds, a punk-rock portrait of the last summer of their youth on the Texas-Mexico border. Together they transform their hometown of Laredo into a cinematic wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinx. Winner of the Berlinale Generation Grand Jury Prize, Hummingbirds celebrates the power of friendship, laughter, and joy as tools of survival and resistance.

Opens, Friday, June 21 at DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema, New York City
Premieres, Monday, July 1 on PBS’ POV series

Earlier Event: June 5
World Premiere of DON'T YOU LET ME GO at Tribeca
Later Event: June 23
Las Premieres Presents DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
 
 
 
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Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.
They are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
in partnership with the City Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.