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The Right to Rest

"The Right to Rest" is a new feature length documentary about Denver’s homeless rights movement which follows the trajectories of Denver Homeless Out Loud and Colorado Village Collaborative towards the construction of Beloved Community Village, Denver’s first Tiny House Village for people coming from homelessness. The film sheds light on issues surrounding homelessness - from the criminalization of homelessness to the affordable housing crisis to the stigma surrounding the homeless population. At its heart, "The Right to Rest" explores what it means to make Denver a "world class city" and for whom.

  • Sarah Megyesy
    Director
  • Guillermo Roqués
    Director
  • Sarah Megyesy
    Producer
  • Guillermo Roqués
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 43 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 25, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • SIE Film Center: Preview Screening
    Denver, CO
    United States
    December 10, 2018
  • Metro Caring: Preview Screening
    Denver, CO
    January 31, 2019
  • University of California at Davis: Preview Screening
    Davis, CA
    United States
    March 2, 2019
  • Alamo Drafthouse: Preview Screening
    Denver, CO
    March 5, 2019
  • University of Denver Sturm College of Law: Preview Screening
    Denver, CO
    United States
    April 5, 2019
  • Mayan Theatre: Denver Premiere Screening
    Denver, CO
    United States
    April 25, 2019
  • The Lyric: Fort Collins Premeire Screening
    Fort Collins, CO
    United States
    May 1, 2019
    Fort Collins Premiere
  • Colorado Independent Women of Film Festival
    Denver, CO
    United States
    May 11, 2019
  • Boulder Democratic Socialists of America: Boulder Premiere Screening
    Boulder, CO
    United States
    May 18, 2019
    Boulder Premiere
Director Biography - Sarah Megyesy, Guillermo Roqués

Guillermo Roqués
Guillermo Roqués (Valencia, Spain) is a filmmaker who has been directing, shooting, and editing narrative and documentary films and videos for more than a decade.
He received his bachelor’s degree in journalism at UCH University in Valencia and a diploma of European Journalism for advanced European students by the European Universities of Aarhus (Denmark) and Utrech (Holland). He also has a Masters of Film Scriptwriting by the UIMP International University. Guillermo has received awards in different international festivals (“Pianola” – Best Movie and Best Actress at the Fediscovi International Festival, Public Award at Quartmetratges 2013; “Empty Set” -1st Place script Quartmetratges 2010-, “The Tow-truck” -Creative Writing Valencia-Bancaixa 2011-, “OMNI” -2nd Place script Quartmetratges 2013, and the short film “Disculpa” -Inquiet 2008. The Right to Rest is his first long feature documentary.

Sarah Megyesy
Recently, a high school classmate of Sarah Megyesy’s said to her, “I never thought the girl who wore basketball sweatpants and Adidas sandals to school would grow up to create documentaries”. It truly was a 180 flip from her jock-like character in high school to the filmmaking student she became at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Since deciding filmmaking was her path a little over a decade ago she has never strayed; never once looked back dreaming on what her life could have been as a WNBA all star. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Sarah is now stationed in Denver, CO working as a full time filmmaker and videographer. The Right to Rest is Sarah’s first feature-length film sparking the blaze down the trail of a long career as a documentary filmmaker. Her next project, currently in pre-production, is a film about industrial hemp and farming in Eastern Colorado.

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