At age 7, Sam Ramirez-Herrera fled Mexico with her family in search of the American Dream. Thirty years later, on the eve of Day of the Dead, she returns to reconnect with her past and her Mexican family, both living and deceased. Her homecoming stirs trauma on both sides of the border and challenges her understanding of what it means to be a DREAMER. El Regreso explores rebirth through one woman’s awakening.

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