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Iliana Sosa
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9 titles
Iliana Sosa was one of Filmmaker Magazine’s "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2020 and one of DOC NYC's "40 Under 40" in 2021. Her work has been supported by Sundance, Ford Foundation, Field of Vision, and Austin Film Society. Her film "An Uncertain Future" won a Jury Award for Best TX Short at SXSW 2018. She is an asst. professor at UT Austin.
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6.3Returning to their hometowns, Texas filmmakers Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa chronicle the complex history of each city, while examining the toll that the prison system, oil business, and border laws have on those communities.
God Save Texas
2024
6.3At the age of 89, Julián Moreno takes one last bus ride to El Paso, Texas, to visit his daughters and their children – a lengthy trip he has made without fail every month for decades. After returning to rural Mexico, he quietly starts building a house in the empty lot next to his home. In the absence of his physical visits, can this new house bridge the distance between his loved ones?
What We Leave Behind
2022
NRA military mother, who has just suffered the loss of her son, meets an undocumented immigrant in the West Texas desert and befriends him.
Child of the Desert
2012
NRTwo people on opposite sides of the immigration debate find each other lost in the desert and discover their humanity and the true plight of migrants crossing the Arizona desert.e
Detained in the Desert
2013
NRIn Austin, Texas, two expectant mothers-one undocumented and one US citizen-must contend with increased ICE raids and mounting hostility towards immigrants under President Trump.
An Uncertain Future
2017
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6.3At the age of 89, Julián Moreno takes one last bus ride to El Paso, Texas, to visit his daughters and their children – a lengthy trip he has made without fail every month for decades. After returning to rural Mexico, he quietly starts building a house in the empty lot next to his home. In the absence of his physical visits, can this new house bridge the distance between his loved ones?
What We Leave Behind
2022
6.3At the age of 89, Julián Moreno takes one last bus ride to El Paso, Texas, to visit his daughters and their children – a lengthy trip he has made without fail every month for decades. After returning to rural Mexico, he quietly starts building a house in the empty lot next to his home. In the absence of his physical visits, can this new house bridge the distance between his loved ones?
What We Leave Behind
2022
6.3At the age of 89, Julián Moreno takes one last bus ride to El Paso, Texas, to visit his daughters and their children – a lengthy trip he has made without fail every month for decades. After returning to rural Mexico, he quietly starts building a house in the empty lot next to his home. In the absence of his physical visits, can this new house bridge the distance between his loved ones?
What We Leave Behind
2022
NRA military mother, who has just suffered the loss of her son, meets an undocumented immigrant in the West Texas desert and befriends him.
Child of the Desert
2012
NRA military mother, who has just suffered the loss of her son, meets an undocumented immigrant in the West Texas desert and befriends him.
Child of the Desert
2012
NRA military mother, who has just suffered the loss of her son, meets an undocumented immigrant in the West Texas desert and befriends him.
Child of the Desert
2012
NRTwo people on opposite sides of the immigration debate find each other lost in the desert and discover their humanity and the true plight of migrants crossing the Arizona desert.e
Detained in the Desert
2013
NRIn Austin, Texas, two expectant mothers-one undocumented and one US citizen-must contend with increased ICE raids and mounting hostility towards immigrants under President Trump.
An Uncertain Future
2017
