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The Voices of the River

The Voices of the River

Voices of the River consists of public film screenings and discussions featuring regional audiovisual works that address social and environmental issues related to the Tijuana River and the people who live along its banks. The screenings are followed by a panel discussion and collective dialogue among the audience, producers, academics and activists.

Program

  • Screening of short social and environmental films about the Tijuana River and its population

  • Transdisciplinary panel discussion

  • Open microphone for attendees

Póster Las Voces del Rio Mamut

The Voices of the River Vol. III (2025)

Póster Las Voces del Río Volumen 2 Cine Debate
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The Voices of the River Vol. III (2025)

The Voices of the River Vol. III (2025)

This event feeds into the communication strategy for social change proposed by the Tijuana River Socio-Environmental Project in collaboration with key stakeholders in Tijuana and San Diego.

Poster las Voces del Rio Volumen 3 San Diego

The Tijuana River Socio-Environmental Project and the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice presented a screening of multiple short films accompanied by a panel discussion where they explored the environmental and structural violence surrounding the Tijuana River and the experiences of deported people living in the canal.

Tara Stamos Buesing (Founder and Executive Director of the San Diego Harm Reduction Coalition) was a special guest on the panel discussion.

Short films

  • Melodías del Río (teaser) - Luis Salazar y Alan Calderón-Villarreal (2024)

  • Ciudad Séptica - Francisco Javier Domínguez (2024)

  • Promises Promises - Medeline Yang (2023) 

  • Zona Norte (fragmento) -  Javier Ávila (2023)

  • Contaminación en el Río Tijuana - Paulina Casmur (2023)

  • Arroyo Alamar 2020 - Carmen Hernández (2020)

  • Dónde los Vientos se Cruzan (fragmento) - Jesús Guerra y Ana Andrade (2019)

  • La Población del Río - Paulina Casmur (2019)

  • Bad Hombres - Juan Antonio del Monte Madrigal y Rodrigo Ruiz (2019)

  • PrevenCasa A.C. Programa Integral de Reducción de Riesgos y Daños - Poncho Macondo (2018)

  • Margarita Diaz - Proyecto Fronterizo para Educación Ambiental - International Community Foundation (2016)

  • El Gato, Julio Romero Salas - Ana Andrade (2013)

  • Tijuana Río Conecta - Pronatura Noroeste (2012)

  • Tijuana y su Río. Un documental sobre la canalización del Río Tijuana - Gabriel Arvizu Rodríguez (2008)

Life; through the music of different members of the Zona Norte community in Tijuana

Teaser production by Chantes Longos Films

The Coronado News presents an investigative project on the wastewater crisis in Tijuana, a documentary by Dennis Wagner, Craig Harris, Julieta Soto, and Madeline Yang. Its objective is to educate and generate a call to action.

"The Cat" - Julio Romero Salas

"El Gato," a character who lived in the Tijuana River canal, rehabilitated himself and decided to direct a musical documentary showing that love for God is the reason to fight addiction. It also illustrates the reality experienced by people deported from the United States to Tijuana.

Director - Julio Romero Salas

Photography - Ana Andrade

In this documentary, we travel the waters of Tijuana from east to west, discovering worrying sewage runoff that affects the quality of life of its citizens, even reaching the United States.

Official selection of the Smart Cities Film Festival 2024, in the Resilient City category.

Environmental problems of the Alamar Stream in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.

Produced by Paulina Casmur

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