follows a year in the life of a competitive high school mariachi team in South Texas. We follow Edinburg North High School and feature a couple of other schools, but it’s really a sports film that’s kind of also a coming of age story about growing up along the border.”
Julia Pontecorvo: “I didn’t know how rich the culture was, how nuanced the music was, how diverse the music is as well.” Abby Garcia: “Mariachi comforts me and whatever emotion I’m feeling, like if I’m sad or happy, there’s a song for it. So, there’s always a song you can relate to. It’s a comfort, it’s home because I grew up around it and especially in high school, it was my safe place. So, it’s really special to me… I used to be really shy and it was getting out of my shell, because you have to perform. It’s like you have to put on this persona when you put on theSam Osborn: “We knew we had to be here [at SXSW].