Ari Luis Palos and Eren Isabel McGinnis are the Dos Vatos Production team. We are Mexican-American filmmakers creating independent and award winning social issue documentaries. We believe our work “gives voice” to communities that are all too often subject to stereotyping by mainstream media. We have been producing artistic and top quality programs for PBS for 16 years.

We also do freelance work and shoot and record sound for a variety of projects. We have recently worked with veteran documentary filmmaker, Nigel Nobel, on the 90th anniversary video for the American Friends Service Committee, covering the lively immigration rallies in San Diego, created the EPK “behind the scenes” on the soon to be released independent feature “Snappers”, and are regular contributors to the A @ E Biography series.

We do significant community outreach and regularly present our work at film festivals, on campus, and at academic conferences. By squarely having our films focus on issues of gender, class, national origin, and culture, our work offers opportunities for powerful dialog within images that inform, enlighten, inspire, and entertain.