Hummingbirds

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“I want to remember this time, last time, and next time. I want to remember it all with no parts missing, because I appreciate even the bad times.”

In Laredo, a city in southern Texas on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba know that the long summer nights of their youth cannot last forever. Their hang-out spots are so familiar but, stuck in an immigration process over which deportation hangs as a constant possibility, home still seems a fragile concept. Between bars, drive-thrus, friends’ couches and the borderlands, they confront the stresses of survival, the future, and community building. For them, this means protest action for legal abortion and against border control abuses, in a politically divided America. But the dusty half-light is also a time for poetry and dreams. Their laughter and creative expression cement a sense of solidarity and belonging in togetherness.

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  • Runtime

    72 min
  • Country

    United States
  • Year of Presentation

    2023
  • Year of Production

  • Director

    Estefanía "Beba" Contreras, Silvia Del Carmen Castaños
  • Cast

  • Production Company

  • Berlinale Section

    Generation
  • Berlinale Category

    Documentary Film