Directed by: Sami Miranda, Ellie Walton
Country of Origin: United States
Runtime: 2:07
Category: Poetry
Desert Poems is a film built around a poem by Sami Miranda that speaks to objects left in the desert by migrants crossing into the US.
Director Biography – Sami Miranda, Ellie Walton
Desert Poems is co-directed by Samuel Miranda a DC poet, teacher and visual artist and Ellie Walton a filmmaker from DC who resides in MD. They have worked on multiple projects including a micro short called “Hiding Place” that was screened in festivals in Berlin and Wisconsin and “Spanish Joe” which was screened as part of the DC DOX festival and are currently working on a docuseries that focuses the 90s poetry open mic scene in DC.