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.
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Kayla MulhollandDirectorPláticas, Resilience Undocumented
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Adriana Trujillo - Bordocs FronteraProducerFelix: Self-Fictions of a Smuggler
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Project Title (Original Language):La Casa Adentro
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Runtime:6 minutes
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Completion Date:January 15, 2020
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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.