La Casa Adentro (A home within)

A Honduran woman and her four children make the difficult journey north to seek asylum in the U.S. Upon their arrival to Tijuana, they are unwittingly caught in the crosshairs of a new immigration policy and a binational debate. As her children grapple with the meaning of home, she focuses her energy on keeping them safe.

  • Kayla Mulholland
    Director
    Pláticas, Resilience Undocumented
  • Adriana Trujillo - Bordocs Frontera
    Producer
    Felix: Self-Fictions of a Smuggler
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La Casa Adentro
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 15, 2020
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Kayla Mulholland


Kayla Mulholland is a visual anthropologist and clinical social worker in the San Diego-Tijuana region. She has worked with migrant communities in San Francisco, San Diego and Tijuana for over 10 years. Kayla was awarded a research grant through Mexico's Secretaria de Salud - Programa de Investigación en Migración y Salud for her studies on migration and its impact on family systems. In 2018, she was awarded the National Consuelo W. Gosnell Scholarship for her dedication to working with indigenous/Latinx migrant communities. Her ethnographic research and media projects focus on migration and its real life psycho-social impact.

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