The full slate of Latino and Hispanic programming at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival

Documentary, Music

Menudo: Forever Young chronicles the rise and fall of the most iconic Latin American boy band in history, bringing viewers into the world of the popular teen idols’ global tours, magazine covers, ‘80s outfits, and screaming fangirls. But the four-part documentary reveals that behind the glitz and glamour was a web of abuse and exploitation at the hands of the band’s manager, Edgardo Diaz. Through revealing interviews with former Menudo members, the film examines how this extravagant facade was disguising serious wrongdoings by Diaz.

Director: Ángel Manuel Soto | Producer: Enriqure Rivera | Executive Producer: Cristina Costantini, Alex Fumero, Justin Lacob, Ángel Manuel Soto, Bryn Mooser, Jeffrey Plunkett.

Animation, Drama | Mexico

Cloe and her grandfather share a fondness for sounds, which they sense, admire, absorb, and catalog. Director: Gabriela Badillo | Producer: IMCINE, HELLO! COMBO.

Comedy | Argentina

Ricardo is set to play Jesus in a biblical reenactment but crashes into a dilemma while traveling to the show. Director: MUMU | Producer: Lula Meliche, Tomas Medero, Rebolucion | Cast: Martin Tchira, Milagros Azem.

New York, Drama | United States

In the heart of Corona, Queens, two Ecuadorian siblings are at odds when one reveals a sudden urge to leave their home. Director: Emilio Subía | Producer: Nicolas Tepper | Cast: Isaias Badilla, Sol León, Nabil Tawil, Josué Caraballo, Liliana Serrano.

Experimental, Drama, Environmental | Argentina

Mother Earth embarks on a journey of evolution and human connection. Director: Francisco Mazziotti | Producer: Luca Macome | Cast: Daiana Provenzano.

Drama, Thriller, Politics | Mexico

The fifth of June reflects police brutality, in which a group of young protesters is kidnapped by the same forces they are protesting.

Director: Humberto Flores Jáuregui | Producer: Mónica Velasco | Cast: Jesús Estrada Escobedo, Max Valencia, Mónica Velasco, Oswaldo Rada Barba, Héctor Contreras.

Drama, Environmental, Sports | Chile

Antay and his friends struggle to keep their drought-stricken town afloat in the Atacama Desert.

Director: Katherina Harder Sacre | Producer: Selva González, Elliot Morfi, Katherina Harder, Francisca Urrutia | Cast: Bastián Bravo, Luciano González, Josefa Aguilar, Catalina Saavedra.

Women, Drama, Latinx & Latin American Stories | Colombia

On her stepsister’s birthday, Nina must confront her insecurities and her fraying relationship with her father.

Director: Cristina Sánchez Salamanca | Producer: by Duvan Duque, Natalia Barriga | Cast: Maria José Quintero Ruiz, Rashed Estefenn, Juliana Bustillo.

New York, Women, Documentary, Biography | United States

Beba is a poetic, raw, and ruthless coming of age tale in which a young Afro-Latina from New York City stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma with unflinching courage.

Director: Rebeca Huntt | Producer: Rebeca Huntt, Sofia Geld | Cast: Rebeca Huntt.

Documentary, Latinx & Latin American Stories | Mexico, United States

Tracing a young immigrant’s path from coastal Mexico to a life sentence for murder in California, this profoundly compassionate documentary utilizes evocative recreations to explore the meaning of a life fragmented by poverty, borders, and incarceration.

Director: Rodrigo Reyes | Producer: Su Kim, Inti Cordera | Cast: Gerardo Reyes, Antonio González Andrade, Miguel Andrade.

Women, Documentary, Politics, Journalism | Brazil, Mexico, United States, Mexico

With riveting access and kinetic visual flair, Endangered is a sobering look at the erosion of democracy & freedom of the press in the United States and abroad.

Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Producer: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Alex Takats | Cast: Patrícia Campos Mello, Carl Juste, Sáshenka Gutiérrez, Oliver Laughland.

HALFTIME offers an intimate peek behind the curtain, revealing the grit and determination that makes Jennifer Lopez the icon she is, from her performances onscreen and on stages worldwide, to her Super Bowl Halftime show, to the recent Presidential inauguration.

Director: Amanda Micheli | Producer: Benny Medina, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Dave Broome, Angus Wall, Terry Leonard, Jennifer Sofio Hall, Kent Kubena, Serin Marshall.

Drama, Latinx & Latin American Stories | USA

Three Nuyorican sisters navigate the daunting life challenges of single motherhood, career, and family while finding humor and solace within the bonds of sisterhood in this absorbing dramedy.

Director: Ben Snyder | Producer: Gia Walsh, Ari Issler, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Vince Jolivette, Ben Snyder, Paul Jarrett, Kara Baker | Cast: Elizabeth Rodriguez, Liza Colon-Zayas, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Felix Solis, Max Casella, Michael Rispoli, Shyrley Rodriguez, MacKenzie Lansing, and J. Cameron Barnett.

Drama | Bolivia, Uruguay

In the atmospheric and visually-compelling drama The Visitor, an ex-convict returns home searching for a new life and a chance to reconnect with his estranged daughter, only to be met with resistance from his father-in-law – an influential pastor in the Evangelical community in town.

Director: Martin Boulocq | Writer: Martin Boulocq, Rodrigo Hasbun | Producer: Andrea Camponovo, Alvaro Olmos | Cast: Enrique Araoz, Cesar Troncoso, Mirella Pascual, Svet Ailyn Mena, Romel Vargas, Teresa Gutierrez

Women, Drama, LGBTQIA, Latinx & Latin American Stories | Colombia

In director Ruth Caudeli’s latest collaborative chronicle of queer life, three charismatic women living in an intimate, passionate partnership must learn to navigate the shift in their dynamic when one lover is called away for a long-term project.

Director: Ruth Caudeli | Producer: Ruth Caudeli, Sara Larrota, Ovella Blava Films | Cast: Ruth Caudeli, Ana María Otálora, Silvia Varón.

Comedy | Spain, Argentina

When a billionaire entrepreneur decides to get into the movie business, he commissions international auteur director Lola Cuevas (Penélope Cruz), Hollywood heartthrob Felix Rivero (Antonio Banderas), and titan of the stage Ivan Torres (Oscar Martínez) to collaborate on a cinematic masterpiece. But when these larger-than-life egos arrive for the shoot, they encounter an unexpected series of “rehearsals” set by Lola in this sharp showbiz satire.

Director: Mariano Cohn, Gastón Duprat | Cast: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martínez

Drama, LGBTQIA, Black & African American Diaspora Stories, Latinx & Latin American Stories | Brazil.

A Brazilian family copes with an uncertain future in this tender drama as a far-right conservative leader rises to power. Through this time of turbulent change, the family’s optimism and deep capacity for love guide them through. Director: Gabriel Martins |

Producer: Thiago Macêdo Correia, André Novais Oliveira, Gabriel Martins, Maurilio Martins | Cast: Rejane Faria, Carlos Francisco, Camilla Damiao, Cicero Lucas

Horror, Women, LGBTQIA, Mystery, Latinx & Latin American Stories | Mexico, Peru

Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off. Nightmarish visions and an unshakeable paranoia have her questioning what she wants, and an ancient evil spirit may be the cause.

Director: Michelle Garza Cervera | Producer: Paulina Villavicencio, Edher Campos | Cast: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Batalla, Mercedes Hernández, Aída López, Martha Claudia Moreno.

Drama, Black & African American Diaspora Stories, Latinx & Latin American Stories | Dominican Republic, Argentina.

The relationship between a spoiled white Argentinian teenager and the Black Dominican nanny who raised her is pushed to its limit when a night of partying leads to a troubling disappearance.

Director: Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra | Producer: Ulla Prida, Alexandra Guerrero, Federico Eibuszyc, Bárbara Sarasola-Day, Donald Rabinovitch | Cast: Cecile Van Welie, Magnolia Núñez, Adelanny Padilla, Genesis Buret, Javier Hermida, Richard Douglas