EXCLUSIVE: Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn, the directors behind the Sundance-bound feature documentary ‘Going Varsity in Mariachi,’ have signed with WME
The film marking Vasquez’s feature directorial debut and Osborn’s sophomore feature effort makes its world premiere in U.S. Documentary Competition on January 22. It’s set in the competitive world of high school mariachi, where the musicians from the South Texas borderlands reign supreme. Under the guidance of Coach Abel Acuña, the teenage captains of Edinburg North High School’s acclaimed team must turn a shoestring budget and diverse crew of inexperienced musicians into state champions.
Vasquez is a Mexican-American director and producer raised in rural Texas who, with Osborn, directed the short, which was awarded the Jury Prize for Texas Short Film at SXSW 2022 and premiered on PBS’, co-produced with Latino Public Broadcasting. The up-and-comer cut her teeth on the producing side as part of the teams behind the award-winning features and is set to co-produce an upcoming feature from Sundance and SXSW prize winner Nanfu Wang.
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