SHE SINGS TO THE STARS

The endless desert. A Native American grandmother lives alone tending her corn.
Her half-Mexican grandson and a white, aging magician are stranded.
No water. A river of stars. Everything changes: anything is possible.

Awards

Official Selections

Mabel is a Native American grandmother who lives alone, tending her drought-ravaged corn in the desert Southwest. Her half-Mexican grandson, Third, dreams of 'making it big' in LA, but his plans change dramatically when he comes to his grandmother’s house to collect traditional dolls he hopes to sell for a high price. Lyle is a faded magician from LA traveling with a white rabbit, the promise of a gig and a life-long dream to be able to magically disappear. When his radiator boils over, he is stranded outside Mabel’s house. Both men must yield to a timeless rhythm and discover a capacity greater than imagined.

DIRECTOR JENNIFER CORCORAN'S STATEMENT

ENDORSEMENTS

"She Sings to the Stars is an exploration of another culture, even an alternate universe, one at ease with the supernatural, living practically unnoticed next door to the modern American culture with which we're all familiar, the two sometimes coexisting with difficulty within the same person. The story is told at the unhurried pace of that other culture. Larry Cedar is amazing. Fannie Loretto is warm and wise and without guile and grounds the movie, and Jesus Mayorga is solid and magnetic as one who's at sea between two worlds. The desert imagery is beautiful and beautifully photographed; it has the importance of another character. The two kinds of magic in the story work seamlessly. It's not an ordinary look at the world, but you may find the images and the vision coming back to mind well after you've finished watching. Watch on the biggest screen you can get at: in this movie, the size of the night sky matters."
– Sam Waterston, Actor