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Harold Batista
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Harold Batista is an independent director and screenwriter. His current “Wish Trilogy” foregrounds the hopes of children against a tragedy in the lives of the adults around them. The first, Baby Brother, is currently screening at festivals. The second, Vamos, Gustavo is in post-production, and he is in development of his third short, Once, Upon Some Stars with screenwriter Zachary Tyler Vickers. His films has been shown at the Anthology Film Archives, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., among other venues. He currently teaches directing and scene analysis at Temple University, where he received his master’s degree as a Future Faculty Fellow an…
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NRIt's the mid-eighties and six-year-old Timmy is going to be a big brother. There is nothing he wants more in life than the premiere home video game system. When his mother loses the pregnancy, Timmy offers to give up his video game savings to buy a new baby brother.
Baby Brother
2025
NRGustavo refuses to leave his home when coastguards evacuate his south Florida neighborhood. The risk of ending up in the hands of ICE was just another form of predictable peril. Now, alone with young Sofia as food and water dwindle, he must protect the only home and family he’s ever known in the United States. Gustavo se niega a abandonar su casa cuando la guardia costera evacúa su barrio en el sur de Florida. El riesgo de acabar en manos del ICE era un riesgo que debía enfrentar. Ahora, solo junto a la pequeña Sofía, mientras los alimentos y el agua escasean cada vez más, deberá proteger al único hogar y a la única familia que ha tenido en Estados Unidos.
Let's Go, Gustavo
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Behind the camera
NRIt's the mid-eighties and six-year-old Timmy is going to be a big brother. There is nothing he wants more in life than the premiere home video game system. When his mother loses the pregnancy, Timmy offers to give up his video game savings to buy a new baby brother.
Baby Brother
2025
NRIt's the mid-eighties and six-year-old Timmy is going to be a big brother. There is nothing he wants more in life than the premiere home video game system. When his mother loses the pregnancy, Timmy offers to give up his video game savings to buy a new baby brother.
Baby Brother
2025
NRGustavo refuses to leave his home when coastguards evacuate his south Florida neighborhood. The risk of ending up in the hands of ICE was just another form of predictable peril. Now, alone with young Sofia as food and water dwindle, he must protect the only home and family he’s ever known in the United States. Gustavo se niega a abandonar su casa cuando la guardia costera evacúa su barrio en el sur de Florida. El riesgo de acabar en manos del ICE era un riesgo que debía enfrentar. Ahora, solo junto a la pequeña Sofía, mientras los alimentos y el agua escasean cada vez más, deberá proteger al único hogar y a la única familia que ha tenido en Estados Unidos.
Let's Go, Gustavo
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