- Welcome to POV.
I'm Pete Schwaba, host of PBS Wisconsin's Director's Cut.
We hear many stories about people from Mexico
trying to relocate to the United States.
We don't hear many of families trying to go back to Mexico.
In tonight's film, Bulls and Saints,
we'll meet a family struggling with a difficult decision
to do just that.
Bulls and Saints follows main characters Tacho and Cecelia,
who fell in love as teenagers
in their hometown of Cherán in Mexico.
Like so many from poor Mexican communities,
they decided to pursue the American dream
and left their hometown.
They settled in rural North Carolina
and had two sons, Alan and Flaco.
Not only was it a financial struggle,
it was an anxious one,
as 24 years after they left Mexico,
they found themselves
still living as undocumented immigrants.
The pain of missing their parents and family
and familiarity of their home became too much.
This film explores the family's journey
and the struggles they encounter as they try to reverse migrate.
The documentary is directed by Rodrigo Dorfman
and Peter Eversoll.
Both filmmakers have colorful backgrounds
that they bring to their storytelling
and visual artistry.
The award-winning Dorfman was born in Chile
and forced from his home
due to the activities of his activist author father, Ariel.
Dorfman typically serves as his own cinematographer and editor.
In addition to his numerous feature-length films,
he's shot over 500 short films--
educational, financial, and cultural.
Dorfman directed a film titled This Taco Truck Kills Facists--
not his most critically-acclaimed film,
but the most fun to say.
Peter Eversoll is also a visual artist
and renowned photographer.
He worked over a decade with immigrant farmers
in North Carolina as an education advocate
for the Migrant Education Program.
He also worked as a dairy farmer himself in Mexico for six years.
His agricultural background brings an authenticity
to the film and helped him connect with his characters.
The title Bulls and Saints encapsulates the two worlds
Tacho and Cecelia have shared.
Bulls that throw you to the ground
refer to the rodeos and fiestas they helped organize
in their adopted state of North Carolina.
Saints are revered in their hometown of Cherán
and represent what helps lift people up to the skies.
That's the kind of beautiful imagery you would expect
from two accomplished visual artists.
Bulls and Saints starts now on PBS Wisconsin,
your home for independent film.