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Burros

Directed by Jefferson Stein
United States
2021
14 mins

Miami International Short Film Award

Shorts Program 6

Set in southern Arizona, twenty miles from the Mexico border on the Tohono O’odham Nation, a six-year-old Indigenous girl discovers a Hispanic migrant her age who has lost his father while traveling through the Tohono O’odham tribal lands into the United States.


Jefferson Stein is a filmmaker from the United States. His short film, Burros, premiered at Tribeca and won best short film awards at Sidewalk and Santa Fe. He was selected for the Shoot New Directors Showcase and is an Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting quarterfinalist.

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  • Year
    2021
  • Country
    United States
  • Language
    English
  • Premiere Status
    Florida Premiere
  • Director
    Jefferson Stein
  • Cast
    Amaya Juan, Zuemmy Carrillo, Virginia Patricio, Rupert Lopez
  • Writer
    Jefferson Stein
  • Cinematographer
    Cole Graham
  • Editor
    R. Brett Thomas
  • Genre
    Drama, Social Issues
  • Theme
    Drama, Family, Social issues

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