Two young boys stand at the border of Mexico and the United States.
Of Kites and Borders
Still from Of Kites and Borders
Film Complete

Directed by

Yolanda Pividal

Produced by

Teresa García Hernández, Sara Booth

Edie is a teen who smuggles immigrants into the U.S. while promising himself that he will never get worn-out at the assembly plant. Carmela is a nine-year-old who collects scrap metal in Tijuana’s dumps yet every day at sunset she fantasizes of a better life while watching the kites that fly over her slum. Brothers Adrián and Fernando don masks to conceal their youth and perform wrestling matches at busy intersections all the while dreaming of becoming famous Mexican fighters.

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