Program: Futuro Webseries
- FUTURO WEBSERIES, Shorts
- 95 mins
In this program
Uno Por Uno: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Directed by Eddie Mujica
The story of Yuskobe Rodriguez, a Cuban immigrant who joins a pickup basketball game and changes the players’ lives forever.
El Super
Directed by Beto Angulo
A Mexican-American guy discovers his super powers- all while a camera crew is there for every second of it.
Unimundo 45
Directed by Thembi Banks
When the anti-immigrant candidate wins the presidency, a jaded Latina news producer sheds her cynicism and reconnects with her suppressed activist side—on live TV.
Sterling
Directed by Ryan Zaragoza
Two weeks after the mass shooting that shocked and brutalized this small West Texas town, Olive returns to her high school for the first time along with parents and other survivors, who each must find some way to move forward.
Kennedy
Directed by Domanique Cummings
When things don’t go as planned at work, Kennedy decides to pursue her dream of starting a tech blog full-time. Facing the trials, tribulations, and setbacks of a struggling business owner while maintaining her personal relationships and mentoring a teenage girl has put Kennedy’s stress level at an all-time high.
Woke
Directed by Glenís Hunter, Jake Moore
A mixed-race, outspoken actress in NYC offers herself a “yes” after constantly being told “no” in this exploration of race, culture, art, and self-expression rooted in authentic experiences.
This Boy’s Vida (Made in America)
Directed by Adrienne Lovette, Joseph Castillo-Midyett
Based on true events, this retelling of an American tale is the coming of age story of a Little Joe, a Latinx boy who must choose to save his family or follow a dream. Along the way, he learns from his Future-Self how to stay alive amidst the violence and poverty-stricken underbelly of America and fight for a dream he never knew he could live for.
South of Sunset
Directed by David Tripler
South of Sunset is a dramedy about a Mexican-American millennial trying to survive middle class life in LA. Adulthood came late for DJ Banks and questioning his identity comes from all angles. DJ must balance life as a cultural code-switcher alongside his multi-cultural friends and multi-generational family.