Co-Lab Projects, Fusebox Festival, and MoHA Present:

100 Ways to Cross the Border
A film by Amber Bemak
Written by Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Amber Bemak

Sunday, April 14th, 4pm
With an introduction by Guillermo Gómez-Peña & Balitrónica 
at The Museum of Human Achievement 
3600 Lyons Rd, Austin, TX 78702

A self-reflexive ““performative documentary”” on the extraordinary “Post Mexican/Chicanx” performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña’s 40-year career of radical artistic practice alongside his international troupe La Pocha Nostra. At a time when the mainstream media is filled with demonizing stories about the US–Mexico border, the film presents the philosophical frameworks of an artist with a sustained dedication to highly impactful, innovative artistic interventions on that border, and presents a unique portrait of his beloved troupe LPN on the road for 3 years. Featuring exclusive footage from his personal archive, Gómez-Peña enacts his artistic interventions by reclaiming and “queering the border” as a laboratory for utopian ideas and artistic experimentation.

Length: 84 min

Director: Amber Bemak

Writers: Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Amber Bemak 

Producers: Amber Bemak, Nadia Granados, Andrew Houchens 

Editor: Miguel Schverdfinger 

Subtitles in English and Spanish *film is accessible to both English and Spanish speakers 

Promotional Excerpt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY1s6EaGFZw

This project is supported in part by grants from the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department, Texas Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and H-E-B.

This project is sponsored by Austin Beerworks and FEW Spirits.