Priscilla González Sainz
TFI Support
IF/Then Shorts 2019 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
About
Priscilla González Sainz is a Mexican-American filmmaker based in Southern California. Her work focuses on first-generation and women’s stories and themes of displacement and identity. Priscilla recently earned her MFA in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University, where she was awarded a Stanford Arts grant and curated the Latin American Cinema series Espejos. Her thesis film ROOM 140 was a Student Academy Award Semifinalist and was nominated for the IDA Wolper Student Documentary Award. Her films have screened at AFI Docs, Full Frame, Big Sky, Palm Springs ShortFest, Los Angeles Film Festival, New Orleans Film Festival and more.
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A chronicle of the professional and personal lives of six first-generation immigration lawyers in the Los Angeles area who created a support group they call "The Tribe" and who strive to help immigrants obtain safety and status as their work is increasingly under attack by the current administration.