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.