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ABOUT
The cempasúchil flower, used during the Day of the Dead to guide spirits back home, travels throughout Mexico City and encounters characters who have lost a loved one to the pandemic.
César Martínez Barba is a San Antonio, TX-born filmmaker and editor living in NYC. César has been selected as a Sundance Institute 2020 Art of Editing Fellow, the Fall 2018 Social Justice Filmmaker Fellow at the Jacob Burns Film Center, a 2018 NeXt Doc Fellow, and is a member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective. His films have been broadcast on POV ("¡Chaporazzi!," 2020) and distributed on The New Yorker ("Dial Home," 2021). His editorial work has appeared at festivals such as Hot Docs, SFFILM, and Big Sky. Through his personal work, he is drawn to stories about representation and the relationship between the United States and Mexico. As an editor, he gravitates towards films elaborating sensorial storytelling and intimate dialogues with participants. His favorite films include "Nostalgia for the Light" and "After Life."
CREDITS
Gael Castillo
Omar Viera
César Martínez Barba