Michael Rogerson

I’m thrilled to announce that my debut feature film MEXICANAMERICAN is set to have its world premiere in competition at the 2026 Tribeca Festival. After six years of hard work, we thank @tribeca for including us alongside an outstanding slate of peers as they pull out all the stops for their 25th festival. Thank you to my team, @_michaelrogerson_ @romanian_soundbath @nudotxmx @ryanalva @gadzucks @waziot @_grace_period_ @dmagpr Thank you to @fordfoundation @uniondocs and @filmlegalclinic for their support. Thank you to my brothers, Edgar and @big__bean17 And thank you to my parents — for everything. Don’t miss #tribeca25th in NYC June 3-14!

2 Sisters A Staged Reading Concert of Max Abner’s New Set-Libretto Improvised-Music Opera Sharing a bill w/ the great Levitator Trio in the Sun. 3/29 @westoaklandsoundseries (7PM) at the dresher ensemble studio :: 2201 poplar street, oakland california Tix info in bio! @_michaelrogerson_ is directing! @sadiegreyduck is musical directing! @travismakingthings @lurkingeye Sadie, and Joseph Dee Bradshaw are the band! The singer-actors are (oh boy) @captainmcsweeney @mothballsoup @giuliamakesmusic @digivika__ Celeste Winant, Joseph, and Max Blurb: Two Sisters is the next installment in MAX ABNER’S series of operas that combine set librettos with improvised music. Set in the rural enclave known as Rough River, two sets of sisters (one set unremarkable, one set former child stars) live in adjacent riverhouses overlooking the water. Each set—guarded by deeply attentive mothers—suffers from various forms of emotional arrested development. When one of the former child stars drowns in a flood, one of the more pedestrian sisters becomes convinced that she is the drowned sister, still very much alive. Two Sisters plumbs the ensuing blurriness, as mourning, care, delusion, and placation mingle in a case of mistaken and troubled identification.

In honor of KRAMER/FAUCI opening, here are some photos of when I stood in for Tom Ryan during a test of the foam machine because we didn’t have time to do a full wash/dry of the costumes before our run later that day. (thank you @yhsung.design and @selectall for the photos)

A benefit of being too tired to dance at a wedding is that it provides a great opportunity for @gabysantanna to take your picture.

Ladies and gentlemen, the official poster artwork for MEXICANAMERICAN, brilliantly hand-crafted by Chicago-based artist @annaclairewhite using real-world materials to create an actual, physical collage. MEXICANAMERICAN is an upcoming documentary by @iameddiesanchez that uses present-day interviews and the VHS home movies his family once sent across the border to explore how and why his parents migrated to the U.S. from Mexico, revealing a personal mosaic of one family’s struggle to reconcile two cultures across two generations. Head to the @uniondocs link in our bio to help the independent filmmakers behind MEXICANAMERICAN raise funds for their festival, publicity, and distribution expenses. Your donation—100% tax-deductible—will help ensure that this powerfully emotional film can be seen by audiences around the world starting in 2026. #Mexican #DocumentaryFilm #FeatureDocumentary #IndieFilm #SupportIndieFilm #ImpactStorytelling #HumanStories #FamilyDocumentary #MigrationStories #LatinoCinema #FestivalReady #Filmmaker

Do it for little Eddie! Donate to our upcoming documentary, MEXICANAMERICAN and learn more about the film via the link in our bio. Donations will be 100% tax deductible thanks to the film’s fiscal sponsor, UnionDocs.

Evelia Filmworks, in collaboration with Silencio Projects, is proud to announce that our first-ever feature-length documentary, MEXICANAMERICAN, is now in the end stages of post-production, and gearing up for a 2026 premiere. Using present-day interviews and the VHS home movies his family once sent across the border, filmmaker @iameddiesanchez explores how and why his parents’ migrated to the U.S. from Mexico, revealing a personal mosaic of one family’s struggle to reconcile two cultures between two generations. Check out these stills from the film and look out for more exciting news to come as we continue toward the film’s completion! 🇲🇽🇺🇸

Belatedly sharing some amazing BTS/performance photos taken by @gabysantanna of the workshop & concert performance of “Four Portraits” back in July. Had such an amazing time working on this project (and am excited to keep working on it 👀)

Last day in the Jefferson Apt

FOUR PORTRAITS: a new opera in one act Written by Max Abner, directed by Michael Rogerson Concert Performance: Thursday July 10, 8PM, Free Atlantic Theater Stage 2 (330 W 16th St, New York) Email [email protected] to RSVP Structured around a set libretto and a score live-composed by experimental free-improvisers, FOUR PORTRAITS follows an amateur-scholar-river-hermit as he is evicted from his cabin by a social worker and distracted by visions of three historic women: the innovative, 16th c. English translator Lucy Hutchinson; the San José-based Ur-radio-DJ Sybil M. True Herrold; and the Jamaican BBC radio host Una Marson. All the while, their friendship grows, as does the scorn of the people of Headsprutt. The ensemble of musician/singer/actors includes: Max Abner @mjalbani @telopah @artifactsmilitia @_eliberman_ @rachelpearlstuart @alanaamore Poster: @opticalsoundexperience

already missing being in this room everyday

I directed a pair of music videos for the amazing @telopah in conjunction with his album Rubber Wing. One is short and simple and done in one long tracking shot, the other more elaborate. Links to both in bio. Rosebud and Melody for a Dying Star Director: ✋ DP and Color: @leo.gallag Editor: @iameddiesanchez Title Design: @yung.jeep When Telo was first announcing his album, he sent a brief email to family and friends describing the things that inspired the album — trucks rattling down Western Avenue in Chicago, the machinery inside of the vibraphone, 20th century industrial landscapes, animals moving through man-made spaces, flickering lights. There was such a wealth of visual images in Telo’s writing that a video sprung into my head almost fully formed. Despite how clear my initial idea was, the video is also really defined by an ethos of improvisation and surprise. At our first meeting, Telo showed me a series of videos that he’d taken on his phone over the last couple years that he thought spoke to how he’d visualized his album. A pulsing green light in a subway station casting its light on a plaster ceiling. A set of especially bright car lights reflecting off of a huge mirrored church awning at just the right angle. The shadow of a pole being cast on sides of speeding train cars. We tried to channel the spirit of those videos by trying to embrace chance — focusing on interactions of light and the environment that we couldn’t possibly plan for.