Lulu en el jardín (2020)

This documentary recounts the saga of Lourdes Benavides and her familys many attempts to cure her of her lesbian desires as a teenager Queering the archive through found footage first person accounts and extensive research into ChicagoRead Mental Health Center this intimate and experimental documentary uncovers the deeply personal story of Lulus struggles with her identity after migrating from Mexico City to Chicagos westside during the 1970s From intersecting histories of institutional racism homophobia and sexism comes the voice of a tenacious Latina and her queer sons journey to retrace his mothers steps and treatment across a city