Project Description

Length: 15mins16secs

Director: Federico Cuatlacuatl

Cast: Gabby、Pedro、Changuito、Obdulia、Chela、Manuel、Lala、Focos、David、Teotl、Melanie、Ashley

Coapan En Espera is an experimental documentary highlighting the migratory history and diaspora of a community from Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. The community of San Francisco Coapan first started migrating to the U.S in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Now almost 30 years after the first people left their hometown, the hope of returning or not returning home one day reflects in this community’s current emotional flux of being on standby. With over half of the total community’s population now living in the U.S, the tensions and uncertainty deepen.