It’s a pattern first-time film director Felipe Vargas knows well. Born in Colombia and raised in South Florida, he told Refinery29 Somos that his family “left their family, their career, their home, to pursue a better, a safer life here in the U.S.” For him, “that was a big burden on my shoulders, because I was so appreciative, but it also meant I have to do something with that, and I have to honor that, and make sure that I take advantage of these opportunities that I have. So to me, there’s a horror in that. There’s a beauty in it, too, but there’s a real pressure and terror that I think this film captured.”
