The Ancient Documentaries of Southside Park
(Stephanie Sauer, 2010)

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This short film follows world renowned archeologist La Stef (Stephanie Sauer) and her local assistant Miss Ella (Ella Diaz) as they recover the sacred scrolls of the Royal Chicano Air Force (RCAF). The scrolls document Sacramento's first traditional mesoamerican ceremonies, as reinterpreted by local elders, scholars and members of the RCAF in 1975 as an attempt to heal some bad cultural wounds. With the scrolls rumored to be buried somewhere in Sacramento, La Stef and Miss Ella set out to scour the city and its history in search of the almost forgotten documentaries.

Co-directed by Ella Diaz, Ph.D.
Filmed by Samuel Quiñones
With guest stars José Montoya & Juanishi Orosco
& music by Esteban Villa


The DVD features a custom designed cover 'map' and with two film extras.

STEPHANIE SAUER is a multidisciplinary artist whose work has been awarded a Corporation of Yaddo fellowship and been selected by Presidential Inaugural Poet Elizabeth Alexander for The School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Fellowship in Writing. She was recently named one of the Sacramento region's "top up-and-coming creatives."


This film was made possible in part by a grant from the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission and by those generous many who contributed to our Kickstarter campaign.