My Name Is Julio: A Short Film By His Best Friend Jesús
"My Name Is Julio: A Short Film By His Best Friend Jesús" is a retrospective short that succinctly depicts Julio Salgado’s involvement as an artist in “documenting the undocumented” movement since 2010, ultimately ending at the Smithsonian on November of 2020 as one his pieces (“Quiero Mi Queerce”) is displayed on one of its walls as part of the museum’s “Printing The Revolution!” exhibit, making him one of very very few undocumented artists to have ever had work shown in one of the most prestigious museums in the United States. Credits: Directed and edited by Jesus Iñiguez, produced by Julio Salgado, animation by J.J. Camacho, music by GB
THE ARTISTS:
Jesús Iñiguez (he/his) is an undocumented artivist and co-founder of UndocuMedia and DreamersAdrift.com. He immigrated from Mexico City in 1986 with his family. He graduated from CSULB in 2008 with a degree in Sociology and Chicano Latino Studies, with an emphasis on immigration. A musician, photographer, videographer, thinker and writer, and avid record collector.
Julio Salgado is the co-founder of DreamersAdrift and the Migrant Storytelling Manager for The Center for Cultural Power. His status as an undocumented, queer artivist has fueled the contents of his visual art, which depict key individuals and moments of the DREAM Act and the migrant rights movement. Salgado is the co-creator of The Disruptors Fellowship, an inaugural fellowship for emerging television writers of color who identify as trans/and or non-binary, disabled, undocumented and/or formerly undocumented immigrants. His work has been displayed at the Oakland Museum, SFMOMA and Smithsonian.
