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

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.