Ernie Bustamante

Sonia Manzano, best known as “Maria” on Sesame Street, reflects on her journey from the South Bronx to becoming the first Latina in a regular role on national television and an enduring force in children’s media.

• Bentonville Film Festival (World Premiere)
• Oak Cliff Film Festival (Opening Night Film)
• Sidewalk Film Festival
• Glendale International Film Festival (Winner: Best Documentary)
• DOC NYC
• Cucalorus Film Festival
• Hot Docs Doc Soup (Toronto International Premiere)
• SXSW EDU
• San Diego Latino Film Festival (Opening Night Film)
• Miami Film Festival
• Phoenix Film Festival (Winner: Best Documentary)
• San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
• San Francisco International Film Festival
• Cine Las Americas International Film Festival
• Museum of the Moving Image
• NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (Winner: Best Film Editing)
• San Diego Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, a young Afro-Latina music blogger creates Arizona’s first Latin indie music festival and a safe space for her community.

• Chandler International Film Festival (World Premiere)
• Southern Arizona Independent Film Festival
• Orange County Latino International Film Festival
• Flagstaff International Film Festival
• La Vida Es Cortos
• Peoria Film Fest
• International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival (Honorable Mention)

A young working-class Latina, Elise Martinez, runs for Congress. But first, she must convince her mother.

• Awesome Con Short Film Festival (World Premiere)
• Austin Comedy Festival
• San Francisco Short Film Festival
• San Diego Latino Film Festival
• San Francisco Latino Film Festival
• Arizona Underground Film Festival
• Portland Comedy Festival

Border Patrol is a 10-episode satirical web series about a group of Latino Border Patrol agents and the eccentric residents who live in the tiny border town of Aburrida—where the biggest dangers they face are the problems they create.

• The Comedy Central Stage at the Hudson Theatre (Sold-Out World Premiere)
• Y’ALL Comedy Fest
• New York Latino Film Festival
• San Francisco Latino Film Festival
• Palm Springs International Comedy Festival (Winner: Audience Favorite TV Pilot)
• Austin Comedy Short Film Festival (Winner: Best TV Episode)
• Arizona Underground Film Festival (Winner: Best Narrative Short)
• Summer in the South (Nominee: Best Comedy Film)
• Portland Comedy Festival
• Manhattanhenge International Film Festival
• Chicano-Con
• HollyWeb Festival
• Reel Comedy Fest
• Señorita Cinema Festival