Undrown

In his directorial debut, Ernesto poetically chronicles his journey of ‘undrowning’ as a young, Indigenous Guatemalan immigrant. Spanning a decade, this coming-of-age story captures Ernesto’s fight to break free from his family’s generational cycle of alcoholism.

World Premiere at Sonoma Film Festival March 22nd, 2025

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