Rico Rodriguez

A boy who learned to play chess like his grandfather, a champion in Mexico, joins his school team in Texas and tries to help them win the state title.

A seven-year-old learns how to behave badly to drive away all his baby sitters.

From dusk to dawn, a group of young Native Americans in Los Angeles hang out, dance, drink, flirt, and remember life on the reservations they have left in this glistening film. Outside filmmaker Kent Mackenzie crafted this narrative depiction of a real L.A. community by involving his cast in the writing and filming process, a bold choice that resulted in a gritty and poetic piece of cinema.