DURANGUITO

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
DIRECTED BY: NIKKI MARTINEZ + ZANE ABRAHAM

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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

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ADRIENNE N ANSEL

MARGARET GILMORE

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JASON MCCOY

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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

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MARIO DELGADO

MICHAEL GLASNER

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