Cesaire Jose Carroll-Dominguez Movies

Luz, a Filipina interpreter, takes a call from Dr. Femi Balogun to discuss the end-of-life options for Remedios, an elderly Filipina woman in the hospital ICU during the early months of the COVID pandemic.

The Smiling Man descends into hell, and, trapped in the walls of his own homosexual longing, he must now confront his motherly obsession.

A boy is thrown into the middle of an increasingly bizarre local disturbance.

A forgotten faceless celebrity ascends into heaven along the path of self-discovery and through a land of faded memory.

Compulsively embracing his brooding homosexuality, the Smiling Man walks the final circle.

A meditative time capsule of a documentary, exploring the physical and emotional landscape of an often overlooked San Diego neighborhood at a key moment of change.

In this, queer re-interpretation of Jean Cocteau's timeless classic, an actor has a breakdown, pining for their love, locked in a green room before they are supposed to go onstage.

An unnamed narrator explores the history and beauty of Chicano Park.

Pseudo-realist improvisational docu-narrative about the day in the life of a group of teenagers.

Chronicles live and present experiences of students working in the film department at the San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts.