
DURANGUITO
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTED BY: NIKKI MARTINEZ + ZANE ABRAHAM
When a beloved barrio is threatened in the name of progress, its residents fight back.
After a deceptive bond initiative passes in 2012, wealthy developers and city officials conspire to construct an arena within downtown El Paso’s oldest neighborhood, all while its elderly residents, led by a 96-year-old Antonia Morales, battle the attempts at forced displacement and the complete destruction of their historic border community.
Antonia Morales and Romelia Mendoza are the last two residents of Duranguito.
The construction of an arena in downtown’s oldest barrio is what the City of El Paso believes it needs to prevent its youth from leaving. As wealthy developers and city officials push forward with these plans, its elderly residents and community activists organize to fight against the city’s attempts of forced displacement. While they manage to find small victories in their uphill battle, the residents face the might of an entire city government against them.
As litigation holds the historic neighborhood in limbo, the remaining residents hold steady against the city as they await their uncertain futures.


















Funding for Duranguito provided by:
TABITHA WILSON
CASEY LEGGETT
NICK WAGNER
ANDREA BLANCAS BELTRAN
PAULINA ALMANZA
PRISCILLA TERRAZAS
RAMÓN VILLA-HERNÁNDEZ
ADRIENNE N ANSEL
MARGARET GILMORE
SITO NEGRON
JASON MCCOY
BRIANA STONE
CESAR D. GOMEZ
THERESA LEGGETT
STEVE BARNS
GIORDANA GASSER
BOB AND JANET WILSON
JENNY ELIG
FERNANDO LEON
VERONICA CARBAJAL
AZTLAN DANCE STUDIO
ROGER BEEBE
EMILIE ENGEL
LIZ MAHER
DOUG DAWSON
HAZEL SCHAFFER
MICHAEL BRANDL
MATTHEW WEAVER
NICOLE ANTEBI
MARIO DELGADO
MICHAEL GLASNER
ADNAN SIDDIQUE
KUSHA ANSARI
ELEANOR PAYNTER
ALEX MANGEL
SCOTT LACROSS
BRITTANY CATALLO
ERICA LEVIN
JUD AND LAURIE BURGESS OF BRAVE BOOKS
AMANDA BUTNER
PALOMA MARTINEZ-CRUZ
JOHN LOIS & ABRAHAM
WILL HEJDUK
MAX GROSSMAN
NATALIE BRUNO
LILY AND JOE LIMÓN
JUDY ESSIK
MARINA DEMOPOLIS
JACOB COLE
JOSHUA SMUKAL
LINDA MIZEJEWSKI
DANIELLE ECKMAN
DONAHUE FAMILY
BARRY SHANK
TOM MILLER
WILL O'NEIL
KENZA KAMAL
EVA GUERRERO
CLARA DAVISON
MADELINE KHURMA
ARLY JOVER
EMILY COWAN
NICK MYERS
VARUN SHARMA
MATTHEW MARVAR
BEN MASTERS
CASEY LEGGETT
COLIN PRATO
GENEVIEVE L WAGNER
LEXI UJCZO
PAMELA S SHANNON
CLAUDIA MCALLISTER-PETERSON
FIVE RIVERS INDIAN CUISINE
JOSH WEBB
SHELBEY A WYCKOFF
DONNY WELLS
ROBERTA HALL
AUBRY LINDAUER
JOSEPH SALAZAR
MONICA MARTINEZ
MARTIN L. HERRERA
ALEKSANDAR LONCAR
BRENNAN WOODALL
KINZA SAMI
KENZIE JOHNSTON
ANDY LEON
HANNAH KELLY
AMELIA FRENCH
TAYLOR HIESTAND
NATHAN BURGE
LEAH BERNING
LEAH BERNING
CASSIDY MAHER
NICK BYGRAVE
AARON BELTRAN
SAM HOLMES
WHISKEY RIVER SOAP
JANE MILLER
ANDREA GUTMANN FUENTES
CASSIDY R PEEBLES
CHRIS SULLIVAN
ESTHER KAPLAN
ABBY WAGNER
KELLY BLANCAS
GREG HAGERMAN
RACHEL BAKER
GRETCHEN FRENCH
ALESSANDRA RANGEL
JACOBY PARRETT
ROBERTO MARTINEZ
OLIVIA COSENTINO
SALINA HORN
ANA MITCHELL
ANGELA BREKALO
SILVANA ZAPATA-RAMIREZ
CYNTHIA RENTERIA
RAY WHITEHOUSE
JAIME MAH
CLAUDIA REYES
MONICA GARCIA
SARAH BUCKINGHAM
PAM MARTINEZ
ANDREW CORNELL
VIRIDIANA VILLA
MEG G FREYERMUTH
ALEX JANG
CODY WILSON
JESS SHAKESPRERE
HAILEY SPENCER
NICOLE ANTEBI
TAYLOR PHILLIPS
BIRGIT NAZARIAN
YASMIN RAMIREZ
ALEC CHESROWN
JACK CORBETT
ANNA ESTES
GEORGE AND ROSA SPURGEON
ANNA JAMES
HALLIE STELZLE
MARIAH CHARETTE
ALEX FONSECA
EMILY HETTERSCHEIDT
ANNA
MAN LI
MARSHALL CARTER-TRIPP
JAN BRADY
TY ROSS
DAVID MURPHY
PHIL JONES
JILLIAN DAVIS
ELISA M. TAMAYO
SCHROEDER FAM
ABIGAIL G ZIMMER
GLENN MILLER
DONNY WELLS
JOSHLYN THOMAS
JEREMY SCHWOCHOW
COURTNEY BARGER