I’m seeking support to produce HORSE (20min), a short film based on a series of poems in Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
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The funds raised in this campaign will support the costs associated with the production of HORSE, a 20 minute stand-alone film, a segment, the structural backbone, the production’s starting point and a fundraising tool for my first feature length film Long walks with Anzaldúa,a documentary about the influential scholar, poet, social critic, philosopher, Chicana dyke-feminist, Gloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004).
Gloria Anzaldúa in Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz, CaliforniaCover designed by Gloria Anzaldúa
HORSE is based on a series of poems from Un Agitado Viento, Ehecatl, The Wind (An agitated wind, Ehecatl, The Wind),a chapter in Anzaldúa's book Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza(1987).
The series of poems portrays incidents of supremacist racist violence against a Chicano family, told from the perspective of a young girl. The poems show the effects this violence has on her, her family, and her identity. HORSE is named after a poem of the same name, which is included in the larger series of poems in the aforementioned chapter. The estimated production timeline for HORSE is August 2021-September 2022.
I am traveling to the US/ Mexico border region in Baja California, Mexico in August, November, January, March and June to produce HORSE in the border towns of Tecate and Tijuana. I will be working again with both local producer Santiago Madera and sound designer Tonalli Magaña. They are committed to continue working with me due to the success of my previous short film Cuando La Rumorosa Calla (When La Rumorosa Quiets, 17min, in Spanish with English subtitles, Mexico, 2020). I am confident that with this stellar team,I will bring this project to fruition.
*Cuando La Rumorosa Calla (When La Rumorosa Quiets, 17min, in Spanish with English subtitles, Mexico, 2020) is currently showing in festivals and not available for public viewing but trailers, descriptions and awards can be seen at patriciamontoya.space and onFacebook @cuandolarumorosacallatheshort
Your support will solidify the necessary credibility to continue fundraising and gain access to resources for Long walks with Anzaldúa, an ambitious and necessary project I am committed to making. I hope you will join me.
Please visit my portfolio website to learn about my work and latest film, Cuando La Rumorosa Calla (When La Rumorosa Quiets, 17min, in Spanish with English subtitles, Mexico, 2020).
For questions or concerns please feel free to contact Patricia Montoya at patrimontoya@gmail.com
Thank you always, always, for your kind attention and support.
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Paper Flowers and Paper Flower Pot handcrafted by our producer Santiago Madera
+ handwritten thank you postcard (from film image) PRINTED
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+ HAND-MADE CATRINA DOLL
+ Huichol Art Magnet
+ Thank-you e-card designed from a film still
+ Special hybrid screening in a local venue (in person and streaming) + Thank-you credit in the film
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Paper Flowers and Paper Flower Pot handcrafted by our producer Santiago Madera
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+ Gloria Anzaldúa's Borderlands La Frontera/The New Mestiza. The Critical Edition, Aunt Lute Books, 2021
From Aunt Lute Books: "The book features an afterword by scholar AnaLouise Keating, is a "conclusive exploration into the iconic text that changed the course of Chicanx, queer, and feminist theory breathes new life into the themes still present in today’s political and social climate. At the same time this book offers insight into the construction of Anzaldúa’s philosophies."
Included Items
+Paper Flowers and Paper Flower Pot handcrafted by our producer Santiago Madera +HAND-MADE CATRINA DOLL
+ Huichol Art Magnet
+ Thank-you e-card designed from a film still
+ Special hybrid screening in a local venue (in person and streaming) + Thank-you credit in the film
+ handwritten thank you postcard (from film image) Printed
