We Can't Breathe
2024, Documentary
Release Year: April 30, 2020
Country: United States
Director: Rafael Florez
DP: Stephan Ruenzel
Producer: Erica Mendoza
Environmental Racism and Justice
On August 6th, 2012, an oil refinery explosion in North Richmond, California sent more than 15,000 people to hospitals for respiratory illness. Ten years later, Jorge’s mother contracts lung cancer, and he must now grapple with leaving school and supporting his father, as his family fights a multinational petroleum corporation that dominates the politics and life of people living in a community that is 70% Mexican-American.
GALLERY
About the director
Rafael Flores
Rafael Flores is a writer, director and producer who specializes in narrative film production, social justice cinema, Chicano cinema, and Third Cinema. Flores is the Co-founder of Green Eyed Media and Administrative Director for the Hidden GEM Creative Studios, organizations both based in Oakland, CA. His work has been praised by various institutions that include: The White House, The Grammy Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, The California Endowment, TED-X lecture series, the Cannes International Film Festival, the Writer’s Guild Theater of America, the London Guardian, and the Chicano International Film Festival
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