Feature Films
FANTASTIC NEGRITO: HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND YET? (2022)
Documentary feature (90m)
Co-Director with Yvan Iturriaga
Xavier Dphrepaulezz is a 51-year-old survivor living his “third rebirth” as Fantastic Negrito, a three-time Grammy winning bluesman making an album about the mental health crisis devastating his family and community in Oakland, CA. Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? follows his creative process, unraveling his personal journey and that of his loved ones as he searches for truth, reconciliation, and ultimately, healing. 
Fantastic Negrito: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival to rave reviews and received the Pan-African Film Festival Executives’ Award for Best Documentary. Watch trailer.
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DIÁLOGOS SUBTERRÁNEOS (UNDERGROUND RUMBLINGS) (2021)
Documentary feature (52m)
Director and Executive Producer
A group of young hip hop artists from Santiago de Chile organize themselves into a collective called Lumpen Crew. During the 2012 student protests, they lead an artistic and political movement that will mark an entire generation of young rebels. Watch trailer.
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Select Commissions and Commercial Projects
LA PEÑA: A FIFTY YEAR LOVE STORY (in production)
Documentary short commissioned by La Peña Cultural Center
Director and Producer
La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley opened its doors in 1975 as a direct response to the military coup in Chile that overthrew the democratically elected socialist government of Dr. Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973. La Peña quickly became the center of the anti-Pinochet dictatorship movement in the United States – a space for community meetings, art activism, and multicultural solidarity. Since then La Peña has become a hub for many diasporic communities promoting social justice and cultural understanding through the arts, education, and community action. On the fiftieth anniversary of the coup, longtime community members reflect on the legacy of La Peña.
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RECLAIMING LABOR UNION HISTORY: WORKERS' UNITED CENTER OF CHILE (in post-production)
Documentary short commissioned by the Chilean Ministry of Labor
Producer
On the 35th anniversary of the formation of Chile's national labor federation, prominent labor leaders from the past four decades reflect on the federation's history, its struggles and victories, and what comes next for the labor movement in Chile.
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FAST FOOD IN FOCUS. Part of Roses Too (Fall 2023)
Filmmaking workshop and documentary short
Producer and Educator
Roses Too is an artist-led organization that joins the culture-making labor of artists to the campaign needs of SEIU’s Fight For $15 in order to make the struggle visible, bold, and distributable. Fast-food In Focus is a series of photo and filmmaking workshops for local fast-food workers. This partnership gives workers the tools to create potent imagery of their lived experiences and uplift their struggle against unsafe working conditions, poverty wages, wage theft, and sexual harassment. The project will culminate with a public exhibition of photos and a short documentary. Read more.
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Documentary short and article on migrant workers' rights during the pandemic, commissioned by CERC Migration and Migration Matters
Director and Author
Migrant Lives in Pandemic Times is a an international digital storytelling project
exploring the unique challenges faced by migrants in a time of global crisis. Read and watch.
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FRACTURED COMMUNITIES, INVISIBLE BRIDGES (2019)
Article and documentary shorts commissioned by SFMOMA´s Open Space
Author and Director
Distinct generations and distant geographic spaces speak across invisible bridges; they explore the mechanisms that make possible the persistence and reproduction of a community and its values. It is through shared experiences and the elaboration of a collective memory that our social movements continue to gather their energy. Read and watch.

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