My Backyard Was A Mountain (2005)

Directed by

Adam Schlachter

Genre

drama, family

Country

United States of America

Runtime

24 min

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker revisits his childhood memories and family history in Puerto Rico. The short film explores his connection to the place and people that shaped his early life.

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What happens

My Backyard Was a Mountain is a 2005 multiple award winning AFI short film by Puerto Rican American writer and director Adam Schlachter and producer Austin Wakefield. Schlachter first filmed a black-and-white version of the movie in 2004 called Palmarejo to secure financing for his project. He was the recipient of multiple grants, including The Caucus Foundation's Gold Circle Award and Hispanic Scholarship Fund's HSF / McNamara Family Creative Arts Project Grant. It has won many awards, including Best Short or Student Film at the 2006 Imagen Awards. Much of the cast of the earlier version was invited to reprise their roles for My Backyard Was a Mountain. The movie premiered on October 23, 2005 at the Arclight Hollywood Film Festival and is currently available for download on iTunes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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