Arturo Pérez Torres

The Drawer Boy

Arturo Pérez Torres

Stuart Hughes, Richard Clarkin

Ontario - 1972. Miles, a young theatre actor from Toronto, arrives in Huron County at the home of Angus and Morgan, two aging bachelor farmers. Miles stays with the two farmers in order to gather stories about rural life and make a play abut it. All three of their lives are irrevocably altered when art attempts to imitate life and the line between truth and fiction is crossed.

Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary

Arturo Pérez Torres

Filmmaker Arturo Perez Torres follows in the footsteps of two friends traveling on an extraordinary and extremely dangerous journey from Central America to North America. On their journey they encounter gangs and vigilantes as well as border patrol. But these immigrants navigate real-life nightmares with uncanny calm, grace and even humor in their perilous pursuit of the a better life.

Super Amigos

Arturo Pérez Torres

Real-life supermen take on corruption, poverty and hatred in Mexico City in Arturo Perez Torres's documentary about five professional wrestlers moonlighting as activists who use their colorful costumes to raise awareness about human rights issues. In taking their fight from the ring to the streets, the masked avengers have attracted the attention of their country and become modern-day heroes to millions.