Our goal is to finish a full rough cut by early May - we have another date with New Mexico PBS on May 12 to show them this version and hopefully, proceed to a broadcast contract and date.

Our next step will be to start the process of fundraising for finishing funds, for the last leg of the journey. To reach this goal, we are creating a package for possible sponsors and corporate underwriters - working with a documentary consultant group called DocuMentors. We’re creating lists of individuals and businesses to approach – we are excited to share an opportunity to have their names be associated with a project that preserves and re-imagines not only the cultural heritage of New Mexico but also storytelling, and reconnecting to land and community.

Our ideal scenario is to have the film broadcast in mid-October on New Mexico PBS. Towards the end of September – Hispanic Heritage month - we hope to have “preview” screenings in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. PBS itself encourages such screenings because they drum up enthusiasm for the broadcast.  Once we have the dates down, we’ll share them.

We are also considering screenings in other NM cities like Cuba, Bernalillo, Taos, Las Vegas, and Las Cruces - later in October/November. If you’ve seen the Rio Puerco play, you might remember that we had “Share Your Recuerdos Open Mics” at select performances and we'd like to repeat these because they created such a beautiful ambiente of sharing and re-connecting.

For now, it’s all editing all the time all stories all the time and we couldn't be more grateful to you for helping this project find its way…we hope you’ll stay with us to the end of the journey and the beginning of the broadcast and screenings.

Special thanks to Kelvin DuVal our cameraperson who captured beautiful footage for us and our fiscal sponsor, NM Film Foundation, Dirk Norris who gives us such great support.

We’d love to hear from you – let us know any thoughts, share suggestions for sponsorships, or screening locations or just say HOLA!

Best wishes from the edit room
Shebana Coelho, director, and the team at Nasario remembers the Río Puerco

Nasario García in the Río Puerco valley