Interview: Barbara Cigarroa – El Otro Lado (The Other Side) | 2019 January Screenwriters Lab

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Among those selected to take part in the Sundance Institute January Screenwriters Lab we find Barbara Cigarroa who brought – El Otro Lado (The Other Side) to the Sundance Mountain Resort just prior to the launch of the 2019 edition of Sundance. A Mexican-American filmmaker who saw her most recent short Dios Nunca Muere have its world premiere at the 2018 NYFF, she holds an MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University and a BA in English from Yale University.

The Other Side is set in Brownsville, Texas, during the child migration crisis, Lucy, a low-income Mexican American teen, is confronted with her own need for escape when her father decides to sponsor two undocumented minors for money. Here is a quick chat with Barbara Cigarroa during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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