• Run time: 62 minutes
• Country of origin: United States

Ybor Festival of the Moving Image

Durango Indie Film Festival

Arizona International Film Festival

Tulipanes Film Festival

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Synopsis:

The Tijuana Project is a documentary film about the people who pick through the trash at the Tijuana garbage dump for survival and the lives of six children who live next to this immense mountain for trash. The stories that the children bring to light cover a range of pressing global themes such as garbage management, recycling, health issues, drug abuse, education, and family. This film is about creating vibrant, healthy bridges across borders in a community that was described by Mother Teresa as one of “the world’s most destitute”. It depicts a poverty stricken neighborhood just miles from the U.S. border that hangs beneath a virtual cloud of seagulls, scavenging alongside the workers. Ultimately, it tells the story of the heart, hope and humanity that somehow survive under heart wrenching conditions. The revolutionary acts of those building long-term solutions such as the hope of a school in the dump, has created an air of opportunity that is most effectively seen in this documentary by the enthusiasm of the children who live there. (more)

• Director:

  John Sheedy

• Writer(s):

  John Sheedy

• Producer(s):

  Las Americas Film Network

• Director of Photography:

  John Sheedy

• Cast and Credits:

  Sasha Seyb- Assistant Director
  Nortec Collective- Soundtrack
  Matthew Valverde- Original Score
  Edward James Olmos- Narration
  David Maung- Photographer
  Scot Davis- Editor

• Film Website:

  www.tijuanaproject.org

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