Trokas Duras

Winner of the Short Film Jury Award for US Fiction at the Sundance Film Festival 2025.

Journeying through the interior landscapes of a Jornalero’s dreams, his waking reality in Los Angeles, and what it looks like when a group of people relegated to serving others labors for their own elevation of body and spirit. Trokas Duras' is a homage to jornaleros, their pickup trucks and the intimacy cultivated in and around them.

Directed by Jazmin Garcia
Production by National Day Laborer Organizing Network x Field Trip
Original Music by Arthur Brouns
Recorded with Cortex Ensemble