Synopsis: Nolvia Castillo immigrated to the United States from a small village in Chiriqui, Guatemala, where she remembers eating fresh fruits and vegetables. In her new home of Austin, Texas, Nolvia finds her independence through learning how to drive and delivering produce to her neighbors as part of a food distribution program by local nonprofits Go Austin/Vamos Austin and Urban Roots Farm. As filmmaker, Ai Vuong rides along with Nolvia, she also reflects on the significance of past meals with her parents. Together through food, they navigate the roads of their shared immigrant experience: that which we had, and thus hold on to, and that of what we create for the future

Samuel Díaz Fernández

Bio:

Samuel Díaz Fernández is a Colombian-born filmmaker and co-founder of TÁPI Story. His career in ethnographic, observational documentary filmmaking began in 2009 with his full length documentary “New Spirits” (2011). A strategic storyteller, Samuel was a TedxHanoi speaker in 2019 and has directed video projects for The Asia Foundation, Google Arts & Culture, Watershed Leaders Network, and National Association of Latino Arts and Culture In 2022, he was awarded a grant from the National Geographic Society for his upcoming documentary on thermal inequities in Austin, TX.