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Irene Diaz:
Anything for You
Irene Diaz, a Chicana singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, details her personal and artistic journey from her debut EP to her upcoming album in this short documentary.
2025
Floating Streams:
How An Artist Blends Different Styles
2025
Sergio, also known as Floating Streams, is a Chicano artist whose creative endeavors include drawing, painting, and tattooing. Originating from Los Angeles, he blends these different influences and art styles into original pieces.
A. Rivera:
Uniting Northeast Los Angeles through art
A. Rivera, a Chicana artist from Northeast Los Angeles, details her life experience, inspiration behind her art, and hopes for the future as she paints a mural supporting her community.
2025
Inside the Los Angeles
Anti-ICE Protests
2025
Presented with English and Spanish subtitles. On February 2, 2025, thousands of protestors gathered in Downtown Los Angeles to oppose the Trump administration's mass deportations and anti-immigration policies.
Get an insider view of these protests and hear as they voice their thoughts.
East Los Soul
East Los Soul, a weekly art space in East Los Angeles showcasing local artists, vendors, and performers, is bringing artistic wealth to the community, one local artist at a time.
2025
Boyle Heights Beat
2024
Members of Boyle Heights Beat, a local news source from a small community in the city of Los Angeles, share their experiences and how they're redefining local news.
Sounds of Music
A portrait of a record store (Sounds of Music) known for being a staple in the community of East LA, with rich Chicano history and a fascinating connection to Ruben Salazar, an iconic journalist important to the Chicano movement.
2024
Art Gonzalez
2024
Arturo Gonzalez, a Chicano muralist and artivist, details his experience growing up in East Los Angeles, as he finishes a mural dedicated to the Sleepy Lagoon case of 1942, a monumental event in Chicano history.
A Day with American Woman
Following L.A. band American Woman for a day, this short documentary has the band members give insight into the creation of the band and their current and upcoming projects, all while giving an exhilarating performance at The Witches Brew.
Apocalypsis:
R.I.P. The Gold Room
2024
Collaborating with Eonagapi for a segment of Eonagapi Amplified, East LA band Apocalypsis walks us through The Gold Room, the garage in which the band recorded their previous albums. On their last day, being forced to move out of the property due to increasing rents, the band shares their favorite memories in the Gold Room and their hopes for the future.
Asadero Chikali
2024
2018
Asadero Chikali is a family-owned food truck in East Los Angeles, specializing in Mexicali-style tacos. This is a mini-documentary detailing the inspiration behind the family business.
For the Love of Money
2017
A community portrait of East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights as it faces gentrification.
Winner of the Platinum Award for Best Documentary at the 2017 Los Angeles Mindfield Film Festival.
Coming Soon
A look into Bitchkiss, a rising punk band from Los Angeles. This off-the-wall short documentary details the band’s inception to their new album releasing in October. Bitchkiss doesn’t do many interviews, but when they do, they go deep.
Bitchkiss: Going Deep
2025
Thee Midniters:
The Beatles of East LA
2026
A look into Thee Midniters, an iconic rock group from East Los Angeles popular in the 1960’s.
About Me
I am just a Mexican-American kid from East LA.
I have dedicated my twenties to working in the post-production side of the film industry, having worked for The Walt Disney Company, Deluxe Media, LADB, FilmLA, and with nonprofit organizations throughout Los Angeles, all while making my own projects and learning more about my community.
I love telling stories and I am fascinated by film. I like that I can pick up my camera, experience life through that lens, and then tell a story, whether it's of someone else, myself, or an event. I want to give people a voice to share their stories and their struggles.
That's what I keep working towards, and that's why I created blue apt. films.