The documentary film, El Chácharero, is officially selected to screen at Plaza Classic Film Festival on Friday, August 7th, 2020 under the “Local Flavor” program. El Chácharero will open the program, following seven other short films that tell stories from the border community of El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico, streaming for the first time, due to the pandemic over at plazaclassic.com. After the 64 minute short program, a Q&A will be conducted with the filmmakers, including El Chácharero‘s Director, Krisstian de Lara, and Producer, Uriel Venegas, who are enthusiastic to share this story which is the third installment from a trilogy of films about the border community of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

The Plaza Classic Film Festival is renowned for spotlighting classic cinema since 2008 and is now in it’s 13th year. The Plaza Classic is the world’s largest classic film festival, averaging attendance of 40,000 people a year, and has attracted a glittering array of celebrity guests, including Al Pacino and El Paso native Debbie Reynolds. The Local Flavor has become a major showcase for regional filmmakers for independently made shorts, features, animated, and documentaries films and is generously sponsored by the Texas Film Commission.

De Lara states, during an interview with Kn2s Productions, what should we expect from this third chapter, “When we began looking for a story to film I had small hopes of finding a story that could top off the other two installments […] Nonetheless, it was not until we were in downtown Juarez together with the film equipment and we were struck by luck once again.” De Lara is grateful he found this story and most importantly, have a platform for audiences to see the raw truth of what families like his are going through. To read his full interview click here.

During an interview with the producer about the pertinence of this film to the border, Venegas states, “I believe society and the government have forgotten about people like Edras [El Chácharero].” While in another interview with the story consultant about the same matter, Perla Rico states, “As a Juarez native, I’ve seen these stories up close and they are very gut-wrenching but at the same time they show us the self image of Juarez in several aspects. It reflects the level of education, values, and survival including how families have turned this phase into a habit.”

El Chácharero is a seven minute documentary featuring a man that survives by picking up trash in downtown Juarez, presented by Kn2s Productions.

Watch El Chácharero’s second sneak peek below or click here.

El Chácharero will stream at Plaza Classic Film Festival, under the “Local Flavor I” program:
A livestream followed by Q&A with filmmakers via Zoom conducted by curators and filmmakers Zach Passero and Lucky McKee – Friday August 7th, 2020 at 7:00pm. Get your tickets here.
Festival runs from July 30th through August 9th.
View the program here. | Visit the Official site: kn2s.com/elchacharero