New Orleans performance activist Jose Torres-Tama wants to create a revolutionary Taco Truck Theatre with a simple message: “No guacamole for immigrant haters”. This Taco Truck Kills Fascists weaves two narratives: the “against all odds” story of an immigrant artist of color bringing the voices of radical Black performers and undocumented workers out of the shadows and the story of a father struggling to raise his two boys into political consciousness in the Age of Trump.
Short Before the Feature: The Juggler // Sophie Spera :: A faceless Juggler gets his fingers chopped off in the dream of 12 year old Max from New Orleans.
Bio
Rodrigo Dorfman is an award-winning media producer living in Durham, North Carolina, known for his work documenting the Latinx community in the South. He has worked with HBO, the BBC and POV among others. His short “One Night in Kernersville” won Jury Award for best short at Full Frame (2011). He is the director/producer of ¡FIESTA! Quinceañera, a web series produced by ITVS for PBS Digital Studios. He is currently working on Bulls and Saints, a documentary about bull riding and saint worship in North Carolina and Mexico.