TheyDream
- Today, Oct 19
Director: William D. Caballero Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: William D. Caballero
FREE | Registration Required
Patel Community Space
After 20 years of chronicling his Puerto Rican family, a director and his mother face devastating losses. Through tears and laughter, they craft animations that bring their loved ones back to life, discovering that every act of creation is also an act of letting go.
Director Biography – William D. Caballero is a Puerto Rican-American, queer filmmaker. Born in the housing projects of Brooklyn, NY, and raised in a trailer in his grandparent’s backyard in Fayetteville, NC, his autobiographical animated documentary shorts have debuted at the 2017 and 2022 Sundance Film Festivals. His work features an innovative blend of animation and live action, usually combined with audio interviews from underrepresented and marginalized peoples. He is a 2001 Gates Millennium Scholar, 2017 Sundance New Voices Lab Fellow, 2018 Guggenheim Fellow, 2021 Creative Capital Awardee, 2022 Sundance Documentary Humanities Fellow, and 2024 Webby Award winner for Best Art Direction. TheyDreamFilm.com
This screening is made possible due to funding support from the Arts & Science Council (ASC).