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"Thinking Grande "

Watch a trailer of “Thinking Grande, a story about one man’s dream to build a Mexican Disneyland in rural Santa Barbara County.

photo of Jose Luis Bonilla
Jose Luis Bonilla
Photo from "Going on 13"
Isha, one of the four girls featured in the documentary.
"Going on 13"

Watch a trailer of “Going on 13,” a coming-of-age documentary film about four years in the life of four girls in the San Francisco Bay Area.



"The Left Eye of God:
Caodaism Travels From Vietnam to California"

Watch a clip of “The Left Eye of God,” a film about a Vietnamese indigenous religion finding a new home in California.

Photo from "Left Eye of God"
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