Raza Cósmica

Activist/Musician Joaquín Muerte hosts a live episode of his original podcast, Xicanx Versus Aliens, an exploration of “all things UFO, cryptozoology, paranormal, occult y más from a person of color perspective.” Actors Jesse Borrego and Désirée K. Segura join Muerte to discuss Latinx sci-fi cinema. This will be followed by a curated selection of the following cosmic-infused short films:
Hyper-Reality
Keiichi Matsuda, 2016, Colombia, 6 min
Hyper-Reality presents a provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and Medellín is saturated in media.
In Search of Aliens
Susan Aparicio, 2021, USA, 13 min
In Search of Aliens is a collaboration across time between daughter and father in finding a connection within the greater universe and each other.
Yoshua
Matthew Castellanos, 2017, USA 20 min
A group of outcast teens must flee their hometown of South Central, Los Angeles in order to protect their blue alien friend from a ban against his kind.
Luminous
Than Niles, 2020, USA, 11 min
In Luminous, a restless security guard, Lou, is forced to decide between his job at the research facility and the fate of humanity when he is confronted by the mysterious Dr. Sharp and the truth of what he is guarding.
Nuevo Rico
Kristian Mercado, 2021, USA/Puerto Rico, 16 min
A brother and sister stumble upon a celestial secret that changes their lives forever and propels them into Reggaetón stardom, but they soon discover that their newfound fame comes at a deep price.