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Roots & Wings
Director: Christian Vuissa
- Brandon Christensen: Cinematographer
- Ludwig Einklang: Film Editor
- Colin Moore: Composer
- Maria Agustina Perez: Writer, Producer
- Christian Vuissa: Director, Writer, Story, Producer
Roots and Wings
conversion
A Catholic Mexican family living in the US is tried to the limit when the wife is baptized into the LDS Church. Her husband Ruben must respond to her decision and continue to guide his family.
From the cover: "Roots & Wings tells the story of a Mexican familiy in the United States struggling to regain its balance. Ruben Diaz, a faithful husband and father, must deal with his wife's conversion to another religion. While his wife Antonia feels she is obeying God by being baptized, Ruben feels betrayed by her disloyalty to their Catholic vows and cultural values. This conflict threatens to tear their family apart."
Roots & Wings was awarded Best Film 2002 from the Association for Mormon Letters (AML) and Best Director/Best Screenplay at the Eclipse Int'l Film Festival and Best College Drama at the Thunderbird Int'l Film Festival. It also received an Gold Aurora Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2002.
Done as a student film at BYU, this was later marketed commercially on video by Thomson Productions.
on VC 5460, DVDMM 200
April 2002
USA
Spanish
Wingspan Pictures
Mormon Contributor(s)
German Contreras, Maria Carr, Ivan Hernandez, Missy Carr, Mosiah Gonzales, Carlos Tirado
BYU Final Cut Festival; Foreign Language Film; Narrative Film; Significant Mormon Elements
Thomson Productions
Commercial Video (VHS/DVD); Student Film
28 min.
16mm color