From Crimmigration Court Interpreter to Friends | Blog
Learn how filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes' work as a crimmigration court interpreter led to him meeting an immigrant accused of murder and to making the PBS documentary Sanson and Me.
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Learn how filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes' work as a crimmigration court interpreter led to him meeting an immigrant accused of murder and to making the PBS documentary Sanson and Me.
After its debut at Sundance in January, where it earned the World Cinema Dramatic...
Pam Grady February 1, 2021Updated: February 4, 2021, 7:06 pm A 16th century conquistador (Eduardo San Juan) sits among migrants in 21st century Mexico in Rodrigo Reyes’ “499,” screening virtually at SF IndieFest. Photo: SF IndieFest Oakland filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes’ new documentary-fiction hybrid “499” begins with the striking image of a man flailing in water. Washing up on shore, he is revealed to be a Spanish conquistador in the army of Hernán Cortés, coming to conquer the Aztec empire. But when his foot crunches down on a plastic cup, he gets his first inkling tha...