Hummingbirds

Year: 2024
Description: Friends Bebe and Sylvia film themselves during a summer in the borderland town of Laredo, Texas, as they engage in activism and protests, dance, discuss abortion and immigration, make music, and dream about their futures.
Director: Castaños, Sylvia del Carmen; Contreras, Estefanía
Producer: Benavides, Leslie; Drake-McLaughlin, Miguel; Medow, Rivkah Beth; Ng, Diane; Rodríguez-Falcó, Ana; Schlesinger, Jillian
Cinematographer: Drake-McLaughlin, Miguel
Editor: Bethel, Isidore; Schlesinger, Jillian
Production Team: Extra Terrestrial, Cowboy Bear Ninja, Field of Vision, and American Documentary POV
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Media Format: 1 streaming video (76 min.)
Type: Color with animated sequences
Production Notes: Broadcast on the PBS television series POV on July 1, 2024.
Updated: 08-19-2025

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