Calavera Highway (0+)
USA, 2007, colour, 20 min.
Director: Renee Tajima-Peña
Director: Renee Tajima-Peña
When Armando and Carlos Pena hit the road to return their mother Rose’s ashes to Texas, they embark on a profound journey, confronting a past haunted by her estrangement from her family as well as the specter of their missing father. Through verité footage, personal interviews, and archival recordings, director Renee Tajima-Pena neatly explores the intertwining destinies of a complex woman and her seven sons.
AWARDS
San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award for Best, Television Documentary, San Diego Latino Film Festival Best Feature Documentary.
Renee Tajima-Peña
Renee Tajima-Peña
is an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and Graduate Director and a professor in the Social Documentation Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Tajima-Peña career as a documentary director spans 25 years. Her work has premiered at major film festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, London, New Directors/New Films and the Whitney Bieniale. She has been awarded the Alpert Award in Film/Video, two Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships, two International Documentary Association prizes, a Peabody Award and Dupont-Columbia Award.
FILMOGRAPHY
«Who Killed Vincent Chin?», 1988; «Yellow Tale Blues», «What the Americans Really Think of the Japanese (Americajin no Tainichikanjo no Tatamae to Honne)», «The Best Hotel on Skid Row» 1990; «Jennifer's in Jail», 1992; «Declarations: All Men Are Created Equal», 1993; «My America ...or Honk if You Love Buddha», «The Last Beat Movie», 1997; «Skate Manzanar»,2001; «Labor Women», 2002; «Mexico Story», 2004; «Calavera Highway», 2008.
USA, 2007, colour, 20 min.
Director: Renee Tajima-Peña
Director: Renee Tajima-Peña
When Armando and Carlos Pena hit the road to return their mother Rose’s ashes to Texas, they embark on a profound journey, confronting a past haunted by her estrangement from her family as well as the specter of their missing father. Through verité footage, personal interviews, and archival recordings, director Renee Tajima-Pena neatly explores the intertwining destinies of a complex woman and her seven sons.
AWARDS
San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award for Best, Television Documentary, San Diego Latino Film Festival Best Feature Documentary.