r/CinemaRetrospective

I feel like the movie doesn't get enough credit as it should.

JOURNEY follows Roberto, a man born in Mexico and raised in the United States who is deported and must make his way across Mexico to return to his girlfriend before the birth of their child.

Why it took so long.

I wrote this film about 13 years ago, with my brother and the director of the film. I am the cinematographer and executive producer. In other words, this film is 100% independent. We filmed this over 10 yrs ago. And no, it wasn't just sitting around.

From creating our first Kickstarter/Indiegogo Campaigns,
to raising the funds to film the movie in 7 months
to writing hot checks to the police chief in Laredo, TX (oh it was filmed in Laredo),
to having to stop production because we ran out of funds.
Raising Funds again,
to filming in Mexico(Monterrey) because we couldn't bring our actors to the states,
to having the local mexican goverment confiscate our equipment,
to many more stories.

We didn't expect to be in theaters, even though that was the goal from the beginning. I want to encourage filmmakers out there, it's possible! Hope you can watch it if it's in a theater near you. Oh, we are still indie, and we don't have studio backing, and still retain ownership of our film. (another crazy story). Ask away i'll be around into showtime!

Trailer: https://youtu.be/R5WTchryA78?si=laHJpyy4HpJmupT0
Showtimes & Locations: https://journeythemovie.com/
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/journey-2026/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/watchjourneyfilm