Going Varsity in Mariachi

After school at Edinburg North High School, the halls are filled with the sounds of blaring trumpets, strumming guitarróns, and feverishly strung violins. This is the world of competitive scholastic mariachi, where high school musicians from the South Texas borderlands reign supreme. Filmmakers Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn focus their documentary on Edinburg North’s Mariachi Oro, a relatively new team whose sights are solely set on the state championship.

Coach Abel Acuña guides the varsity band members through an intense competition season and a pivotal year as teenagers. Going Varsity in Mariachi is a nostalgic coming-of-age story featuring a fresh take on the familiar tale of underdogs determined to make their mark in a contest that may have counted them out too soon.

Discussion with producer Julia Pontecorvo. Moderated by David Phillips (Awards Daily).

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Date

Sat, Oct 28, 2023

Time

5:00 PM

Location

Violet Crown 3

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Director: Alejandra Vasquez, Sam Osborn

Runtime: 104 min.

Genre: Documentaries

Year: 2022

Country: USA

Language: English

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Julia Pontecorvo | Producer

Julia Pontecorvo is a creative producer. Recently, she was a producer on season two of Home (Apple TV+ 2022) and the four-part docuseries The Supermodels (Apple TV+ 2023). Julia was a 2020 Impact Partners Producers Fellow and currently serves as Supervising Producer at Firelight Media.

Going Varsity in Mariachi

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