7/8/24

EL PASTOR CHICAGUALA // SHORT FILM

ORIGINALLY FEATURED ON THE SECOND SEASON OF AUSTIN SUNSET PUBLIG PROGRAMMING, THIS SHORT LATER DEBUTED AT AUSTIN’S HISTORIC PARAMOUNT THEATRE IN MID 2023.

THE SHORT RAN BEFORE THE EXPIREMENTAL DOCUMENTARY SANS SOLEIL BY CHRIS MARKER AS A PART OF THE HYPER REAL FILM COLLECTIVE'S SUMMER FILM FESTIVAL.

THIS WAS RULITOS’ FIRST REAL DIP INTO FILMMAKING.

LIKE MOST OF HIS EXPERIMENTS WITH FILM, RULITOS ONCE AGAIN REPURPOSES OLD FAMILY PHOTOS AND DIGITIZED FAMILY FILMS — THIS TIME TO JUXTAPOSE HIS MEMORIES OF HIS ABUELITOS. IN SPITE OF THEIR COGNITIVE DECLINE & STRUGGLES WITH DEMENTIA & ALZHEIMERS, HE HONORS THEM AS STORYTELLERS.

THIS ONE MEANS A LOT TO HIM.