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).
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.
