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New York Premiere!
Great news for the film and its team! A Mi Lado is coming to New York City in April. The film will screen on April 13 at 9:15 pm at the Quad Cinema in the context of the Havana Film Festival New York! Join us and meet part of the …
Read moreHouses for sale in the Chureca
Waste pickers from the Chureca had been waiting for a new house for months. They could see it being built near the site, where they are scavenging every day. A woman apparently tried to take advantage of this hope for a new home. More than 30 people told police earlier …
Read moreUnfulfilled Promises
Fatima, Dominga's sister, recently received a new house in the new housing development in the Chureca. These houses were built to relocate the Churequeros. Authorities have also been building a new recycling plant to give the waste pickers a new job. El Nuevo Diario recently reported that some people of …
Read moreRecycling the Chureca
Last Friday, I was in Trenton, NJ. It is technically a world away from the Chureca. But when I stepped into the offices of TerraCycle and when I met Tom Szaky, the young CEO of the company, I thought about the Churequeros a lot. Tom Szaky recycles all he can …
Read moreStory in Le Vendredi (Switzerland)
This is an important story as it ran in a magazine published in the town I was born.
Read moreUpdated Poster
Here is the poster of By My Side designed by Fabio Cutro and updated festival selections and awards. We hope 2013 will be even better than 2012 for the film. Thank you all for your support!
Read moreEmpowering the women of the Chureca
By My Side is documenting the life of 3 women of the Chureca. But they are people in the landfill of Managua, who are trying to help these women find a way out. As we were shooting the film, we witnessed the work of Earth Education Project, a great UK …
Read moreFrom the Chureca to Sandy Hook
We had planned to release this week the updated poster of By My Side designed by Fabio Cutró. We will wait. We have to. After having covered the Sandy Hook shooting, you have to put things into perspective. It is hard to think about a film, when parents wonder how they …
Read moreIncredible joy
The first thing Dominga asked me when I called to tell her that the film was about to screen at the Icaro Film Festival 2 weeks ago, was : "Did we win?". I laughed that day and told her I didn't know. Two weeks later, after a great screening at …
Read moreBy My Side at Icaro
I woke up early in the cold room of my hotel in Guatemala City. Today is an important day. By My Side will screen at Icaro Film Festival. For our team and especially for Dominga, who received the award at the Icaro Nicaragua last August, this screening was always going …
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