A film by Anne Lewis and Laura Varela
Un Trip takes us through the life of Xicanindio poet/activist raúlrsalinas told through poetry and the rhythm of jazz. This story examines, the social/political forces that transformed a man from petty criminal to a poet of the people and revolutionary.
Un Trip is a split screen jazz and liberation film based on the words of “Un Trip through the Mind Jail” by raúlrsalinas, written in 1969 in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. The poem expresses lived experience in La Loma (east Austin). The short explores contemporary issues: imprisonment in the jail machine, community destruction and gentrification, the overwhelming force of cultural memory in sanity and salvation, the need for societal transformation.
Winner of the Audience Award at CinelasAmericas for Hecho en Tejas 2023. Creative Achievement Award, Moody College of Communication, UT-Austin. Winner of Best Documentary at the Lost River Film Festival and the San Angelo Revolution Film Festival. Visit website here.
