Guanajuato Norte
A film by Ingrid Holmquist and Sana A. Malik
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Wenceslao (Winny) Contreras-Galvan has lived and worked on the same farm in Connecticut for the last 24 years with men who are from his hometown in Guanajuato, Mexico. Before him, his father also crossed the border to find work. People from his hometown continue to leave their homes for work in the United States to support their families. Winny has missed major moments in his children's lives in exchange for providing them with a future where they won't have to make the same sacrifice. Guanajuato Norte is an intimate portrait of what it looks like on the other side of that sacrifice: the families left behind as their loved ones help them achieve their dreams.
Guanajuato Norte is a student BAFTA award-winning documentary and was acquired by the New Yorker, went on to win other awards at film festivals including "Best Emerging Filmmaker" at Fayetteville Film Festival. Read the article written about the film in The New Yorker here.
Credits:
Directors/Editors/Cinematographers: Ingrid Holmquist and Sana A. Malik
Consulting Producer: Julie Cohen
Drone Cinematographer: Matthew Masin
Color Correction: Zach Trout
Sound Mixing: Inaam Haq
Supervising Producer, The New Yorker: Sara Joe Wolansky
Senior Editor, The New Yorker: Brian Redondo
Executive Producer, The New Yorker: Soo-Jeong Kang
‘Como Hacer’ Song by: Diana Gameros
Ingrid Holmquist and Sana A. Malik, Student Bafta Awards