Carlos Alfonso Corral is shining a spotlight on homelessness…

The first trailer has been released for Mexican photographer and filmmaker’s first feature-length documentary Dirty Feathers, which debuted during this week’s Berlinale’s Panorama program.

The film chronicles the residents of a homeless shelter in El Paso, Texas. With two homeless lovers’ journey as the through-line, the story weaves in and out of an overwhelmed shelter and a forsaken landscape with fervent echoes of the unheard and neglected: a grieving father who lost his child is paralyzed by un-shakable guilt; a veteran living under a bridge recalls his past glory serving the very country that has long abandoned him; and a 16-year-old girl who has seemingly transcended trauma embraces life on the streets with a holy righteousness, becoming the haunting conscience of the film.

The film stars Brandon Ashford, Reagan Ashford, Ashley Mistral, Nathan Thomas, Carlos Gutierrez, Felipe Morales, Maria Sabina, Jimbo and Tiny.

Corral, Roberto Minervini, Denise Ping Lee, and Denise Dorado produced. Slingshot Films is handling world sales.

Corral has previously worked in the camera department for his mentor Roberto Minervini on several projects including What You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire?