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   Rafael Alvarado Martin

    Director

First They Came For My Mother

FTCFMM is a short film about immigration and the importance of family and communities to face common problems. It stars Danni, a young girl, who has to take care of her little sister and execute her mother's emergency plan in order to find out where the Immigration and Customs Enforcement has taken her. 

 

This short film, written by Karina Hurtado and Directed by Rafael Alvarado Martin as produced as part of a Production Workshop class at Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema.

Cast: 

Dani: Estefanía Barreira

Kali: Viviana Nadal-Villano

Nena: Giselle Bleuz

Nova: Brooke Lynn

 

Crew:

Director / Producer: Rafael Alvarado Martín

Original Screenplay: Karina Hurtado

Cinematographer: Fawwaz Allie

Editor: Francisca Wistuba

Color Grading: Aaron Chieply

Sound Design and Music Score: Joe Tisdall

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