LIBERTAD
Preceded by LINEAS IMAGINARIAS
DIRECTOR
Brenda Ávila-Hanna
SHOWTIME
October 3 @ 12PM
TYPE
Documentary
THEATRE
Brattle Theatre
RUNNING TIME
60 minutes
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish with English subtitles
COUNTRY
USA/Mexico
RELEASE DATE
2025
After surviving a near-fatal assault, an Indigenous, transgender teen escaped Mexico 30 years ago, eventually becoming a trans healthcare provider in California. When her mother’s health starts to decline back in Mexico, she risks it all by petitioning for asylum as her only chance of seeing each other again before it's too late.
Q&A with Director Brenda Avila-Hanna
This screening was made possible by a grant from Cambridge Arts.
LINEAS IMAGINARIAS
Directed by: Nadia Hironaka, Matthew Suib and Ileana Doble Hernández
Animation, 8 mins, USA, 2026
Spanish with English subtitles
In this animated short film, a young woman prepares to leave Mexico and journey north after a quiet omen—a visit from La Mariposa Negra—signals that her ailing, blind brother’s life is in danger. Set against the migration of monarch butterflies, her departure mirrors their instinctive movement across borders, driven by survival and return. Grounded in memories of home, food, and family, she undertakes the journey not out of desire, but necessity. The film traces the emotional cost of migration, where love and sacrifice propel her into the unknown.