DEEPROOTFILM
Between Wagons and The Moon 2016. short documentary.
Role : Director, Cinematographer, Editor
La Muna (Natalia Serna) travelled with a group of migrants atop the trains through Mexico and fell in love with their faith and courage that she knew she would have to return. Currently Natalia resides in Nogales, Sonora Mexico along the US/Mexico border where she writes songs in Spanish and English inspired by the lives of the migrants and deportees she meets daily at the KINO Border Initiative.
This video is produced by AJ Plus.
Official Selection
Arizona International
Film Festival 2017
Official Selection
Fear No Film
Utah Arts Festival
2017
2017
Online
Global Peace
Film Festival
Official Selection
Perhaps, Somewhere 2009. Narrative. 87mins.
Role : Director, Writer, Cinematographer,Editor
Two figures navigate through their isolated past and present, searching for a sense of home. In meeting, they forge a brief and close bond, learning to understand themselves and one another, wondering where they will go next.
Best Arthouse Feature Film
New York International
Independent Film Festival
2009
Official Selection
KAFFNY
New York, NY
2012
INDIEFEST! Orlando, FL
2009
Tenants 2014. Narrative. 27mins.
Role : Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor
A pianist pays a lone visit to the empty house where he and his wife had planned to move in together. While playing a song on the piano that stirs up his haunting memories, he encounters a squatter, a teenage girl. Before he takes the girl back home, however, she asks him to teach her how to play the song.
Cast : Christopher J. Domig, Mantis Harper
Wait 2013. Musical Documentary. 53mins.
Role : Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor
Two friends travel through South America, journeying toward an ever elusive “home.” Along the way, they capture stories on the road through song and film, reimagining their own past and future as they discover the beauty of the present.
Music : La Muna (www.lamuna.net)
The Fish with Two Legs
2007. Experimental Narrative B&W 16mm film. 9 mins. .
Role : Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Editor
A mermaid-like figure is seen emerging from the waters transforming into a human. With her newfound limbs she explores her surroundings with a curiosity and strong desire to be the ideal self. The film further delves into the possibilities of change and displacement as the figures identity slowly unravels.
Official Selection
"Power of Art"
Brooklyn Arts Council
International Film Festival
2008
