Echoes of the Rio

Director: Jackie Barragan

Producers: Emily De Santos; Valeria Perez; Grace Torres

Philadelphia Premiere

Country of Production: United States

Date of Completion: 2023

Duration of Film: 8 Minutes

A woman living on the border invokes the voice of the Rio Grande and calls on her indigenous and Mexican ancestors, revealing the history of migration and exposing the destruction caused when the river became a socio-political weapon.