Sangre de mi Sangre Introduced by the director

Sangre de mi sangre follows the adventures of a young Mexican boy who smuggles himself to New York City in search of his father, only to have his belongings and identity appropriated by a con artist he encounters on the trip.

This first feature from Christopher Zalla won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and was included in MoMA’s New Directors/New Films festival. Zalla graduated from Oberlin College, and his mother is a member of the faculty at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware. (110 mins., 35mm)