In Hummingbirds, Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks. Filmed collaboratively over the final summer of their fleeting youth, their cinematic self-portrait celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance.
Hummingbirds
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE | 77 min | US | 2023
STARRING & DIRECTED BY
Silvia Del Carmen Castaños
Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
CO-DIRECTORS
Jillian Schlesinger
Miguel Drake-McLaughin
Diane Ng
Ana Rodríguez-Falcó
Producers:
Jillian Schlesinger
Miguel Drake-McLaughlin
Leslie Benavides
Ana Rodríguez-Falcó
Diane Ng
Rivkah Beth Medow
CO-PRODUCERS
Isidore Bethel, Dawn Valadez
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Rivkah Beth Medow
Jen Rainin
Robina Riccitiello
Gill Holland
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Miguel Drake-McLaughlin
Diane Ng
EDITING
Isidore Bethel
Jillian Schlesinger
Leslie Benavides
Sophia Hernández
Ana Rodríguez-Falcó
Zulema Young-Toledo
MUSIC
Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
Elijah Cruz
Brandan Hoy
PRODUCTION
Ana Rodríguez-Falcó
Jillian Schlesinger
POST-PRODUCTION SOUND
Danielle Dupre
Kyle O’Neal
Eli Cohn
Charlie Vela
Matt McVinnie
TITLE ANIMATIONS
Yensey Murillo
COLOR
Eyal Dimant
C Diaz
When two parents take their 3 year-old daughter to interview at the prestigious Future Generations Preschool, they are forced to reckon with what success really means for their daughter and themselves.
Start Them Young
NARRATIVE SHORT | 14 min | US | 2024
DIRECTOR & WRITER
Jenna Rossman
PRODUCERS
J. Mehr Kaur
Adrienne Picciotto
Karolina Esqueda-Rocha
MUSIC
Alex Shenkman
SOUND DESIGN
Sarah Evie Berry
Lu Lu
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Meg Weck
EDITOR
Jasmine Jeanette Walker
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jane Hamor
