Human Rights Watch Film Festival San Diego 2024 Presents:

SI PUDIERA QUEDARME
A film by Florencia Krochik and Theo Rigby
(If I Could Stay, USA, 2023, 73 min. In Spanish and English with bilingual subtitles)

When undocumented Latinx mothers Jeanette and Ingrid face deportation and separation from their young children– they courageously enter local churches to find refuge from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while keeping their families together. Over five years, they must face the constant threat of ICE raids while fighting for their legal status and inspiring allies in the predominantly white faith communities. Through an intimate lens, the film showcases the unwavering strength, love, and sacrifice of these mothers, who risk everything to keep their families together in the country they call home. Si Pudiera Quedarme is a call to action and a timely reminder of the transformation that can occur when communities work together for justice.  

In Person Screening:
Saturday, February 3, 4pm
MOPA at San Diego Museum of Art
1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA
*Q&A with co-directors Florencia Krochik and Theo Rigby

Streaming Stateside:
Sunday, February 4 — Saturday, February 10
Streaming online at hrwfilmfestivalstream.org

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THE DELINQUENTS / LOS DELINCUENTES
A film by Rodrigo Moreno
(Argentina/Brazil/Chile/Luxembourg, 2023, 180 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Buenos Aires bank employee Morán dreams up a scheme to liberate himself from corporate monotony: he’ll steal enough money to support a modest retirement, then confess and serve prison time while his co-worker holds on to the cash. Soon under pressure by a company investigator, accomplice Román heads to a remote rural idyll to hide the funds. There, he encounters a mysterious woman who will transform his life forever.

The latest from writer-director Rodrigo Moreno, The Delinquents reinvents the heist film as a free-flowing adventure like no other. A Cannes, New York Film Festival, and TIFF selection.

Now streaming on MUBI

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UÝRA: THE RISING FOREST / UÝRA - A RETOMADA DA FLORESTA
A film by Juliana Curi
(Brazil/USA, 2022, 73 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles)

Uýra shares ancestral knowledge with Indigenous youth in the Amazon to promote the significance of identity and place, threatened by Brazil's oppressive political regime. Through dance, poetry, and stunning characterization, Uýra confronts historical racism, transphobia, and environmental destruction, while emphasizing the interdependence of humans and the environment.

Broadcast premiere
Monday, September 25 on PBS’ POV Series — Streaming until Nov. 30

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BULLS AND SAINTS
A film by Rodrigo Dorfman
(USA, 2023, 52 min. In English and Spanish with English subtitles)

After 20 years of living in the United States, an undocumented family decides to return home. Little do they know it will be the most difficult journey of their lives. Set between the backdrop of the rodeo rings of North Carolina and the spellbinding Mexican hometown they long for, Bulls and Saints is a love story of reverse migration, rebellion, and redemption.

Broadcast Premiere on PBS’ POV series on Monday, September 18; Streaming Until November 25