Canadian Premiere
In the southwest of Texas, the small-town Eagle Pass borders the city of Piedras Negras in Mexico, connected by a bridge over the Rio Grande. Unmoored after the death of her brother Marcelo, filmmaker Robie Flores is drawn back to Eagle Pass, and, while processing her grief, finds echoes and reverberations of her own memories in the hopes, dreams, and daily lives of the youth there.
As the debut feature film of Flores, The In Between is both an immersive, beautiful distillation of fronterizo culture and the rich heritage of Mexican-Americans, and a deeply personal account capturing the liminal headspaces of grief and nostalgia. As she chronicles the quinceañeras, football practices, fishing trips, and aimless adolescent angst in Eagle Pass, she processes her past through their present. Embedding herself in the communities she grew up in, Flores adopts a verité style with her subjects while using her own musings and memories to provide the scaffolding for the film’s emotional weight. A subtle, heartfelt portrait of tejana life in a border town.
Oct 2 & 3: Q&A with producer Alex Flores
USA
2024
In English and Spanish with English subtitles
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Credits & Director
Producer
Alejandro J Flores, Kellen Quinn
Cinematography
Robie Flores, Alejandro J Flores
Editor
Robie Flores, Chloe Abrahams
Original Music
Camilo Lara, Demian Galvez
Robie Flores
Robie Flores is an independent filmmaker and video editor based in New Orleans and Eagle Pass, Texas. She is drawn to telling stories that explore the nuances of her fronterizo and Mexican-American communities. The In Between is her first documentary feature. She also directed a documentary short, Boundless (2022) for the Bridge Builders series about justice.
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