The film is a portrait of Sosa's grandfather, Julián Moreno, as he starts building a house in the Mexican state of Durango.
[2] Voiceovers from the director punctuate the film and pair with imagery of the local landscape; the soundtrack features an a cappella song by the Cardencheros de Sapioriz, who are also from Durango.
[3] The film received development, production, and post-production support from several institutions, including the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms, the Sundance Institute, the IDA, the Austin Film Society, the True/False & Catapult Rough Cut Retreat, the Jacob Burns Film Center, the Gotham Documentary Lab, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum.
"[12] The Boston Globe called it a "limpid, emotionally deep, and poetically resonant documentary.
"[13] Several writers praised the film for its understated takes on migration, the US-Mexico border, and second-generation and diasporic experience.