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You Can Always Come Home

Directed by Juan Luis Matos
United States
2021
6 mins

Knight Made in MIA Award (Short Film)

As a young family and their friends prepare for a gathering, young children play throughout the home, revealing quotidian aspects of ritual, celebration, and love, cultivated in the Black diasporic household.


Juan Luis Matos is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker born in Cuba and based in Miami, FL. He studied at the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg, Germany and received his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute.

Supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and by YoungArts.

  • Year
    2021
  • Country
    United States
  • Language
    English
  • Premiere Status
    East Coast Premiere
  • Director
    Juan Luis Matos
  • Cast
    Arsimmer McCoy, Gladis Arteta
  • Writer
    Juan Luis Matos, Arsimmer McCoy, Reginald O'Neal
  • Cinematographer
    Javier Labrador
  • Editor
    Juan Luis Matos
  • Genre
    Drama, Social Issues
  • Theme
    Family, Local, Made in MIA Feature

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