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El Abuelo

Dino Dinco, 3min, UK, USA, 2008,
Shot on location in San Antonio, Texas, El Abuelo is an intimate portrait of local educator and poet, Joe Jimenez.

Through the meditative process of ironing his clothes (a duty often identified as “women’s work”), we experience Joe in that familiar goal of finding the perfect crease. Of all domestic chores, ironing is the only one a “homeboy” is more than happy to master, as masterful ironing is the key to reaching an appearance of perfection. And to a homeboy, perfect creases work hand in hand with the power of attraction.
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Beauty and Brains

“I am discarded from the village with contempt because I am a third gender. But am I not an individual in this society?” Lata Loha – Beauty and Brains participant. Would you enter a talent contest to stop rape and abuse being an everyday part of your existence?
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Appears in: Beauty and Brains
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