Projecting the Futures of Labor, Migration, Identity, and AI: A Screening, Talkback, Q&A with Writers/Directors Miguel Angel Caballero & Luis Antonio Aldana

Miguel Angel Caballero

Luis Antonio Aldana

This is your chance to screen two short films sparking big buzz and talk to the Los Angeles-based creators behind them. Miguel Angel Caballero and Luis Antonio Aldana are award-winning film writers/directors/producers garnering accolades and attention for their works on the screen as well as their outreach to empower the next generation of creatives. Caballero has recently won “Best LGBTQ Short” at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, and they’ve both been selected for Lena Waithe’s Rising Voices Season 3. This event will feature Acuitzeramo and The Ballad of Tita and the Machines: “When Tita, an elderly fieldworker, reluctantly hires an AI humanoid to fill in for her picking strawberries, she attracts the engineers’ attention because their humanoids cannot do her back-breaking work.” To learn more about the films and filmmakers visit www.titamovie.com.