Director's Works
Trokas Douras Jazmin Garcia
Director and photographer, Jazmin Garcia showcases characters who’ve traditionally been ignored by mainstream America. With a painterly visual style infused with magical realism, she articulates potent stories about hope, home and freedom with a focus on immigration and cultural assimilation.
Her debut short, ‘Work It Out’ – a tender meditation on machismo, grief and sibling feuds – premiered on Nowness. Exploring personal growth, the piece reflects the surreal haze we enter upon being confronted by our own shortcomings and grappling with internal conflict.
After beginning her career shooting short documentaries about social justice and youth culture for Mitú, a media company aiming to bring a Latinx point of view to mainstream entertainment, Jazmin, who is of Guatemalan and Mexican heritage, broke out with a music video for Cuco’s ‘Hydrocodone’, which screened at Sundance Film Festival. She then directed two episodes of ‘Tokala’, a series spotlighting young BIPOC climate activists. Jazmin is currently working on her debut feature and in production on a further short between commercial projects. She also hosts a monthly NTS Radio show, where she plays romantic, mid-century Latin American music.
