El Abuelo

Shot on location in San Antonio Texas El Abuelo is an intimate portrait of local educator and poet Joe Jimenez Through the meditative process of ironing his clothes a duty often identified as womens work we experience Joe in that familiar goal of finding the perfect crease Of all domestic chores ironing is the only one a homeboy is more than happy to master as masterful ironing is the key to reaching an appearance of perfection perfect creases work hand in hand with the power of attraction In voiceover Joe reads the lines from his poem El Abuelo as we learn the potency these perfect creases possess in capturing the attention of his first vato his first love of another man