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Directed by Mexico-based film maker Jazmin Garcia, "Work it out"(2023) is a Narrative documentary about a young man eating at a Mexican restaurant alone while processing his relationships, grief and short comings over a phone call and how hard it is to be vulnerable with another person especially the ones you love, in this case, his sister Mira.

This film Explores themes of ingrained "machismo" and what it means to be a good man, a tough man, though this is squewed through generational trauma, becoming more cruel than tough.

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at face value this short film is nothing but a conversation between siblings about short comings, however looking deeper it becomes clear that there is more under the surface between the two, mainly the brothers "machismo" tough exterior.

During the phone call he expresses sadness and regret over treating his sister as some crazy out of control woman, instead apologising and showing vulnerability toward her something she doesn't often hear as she expressed disbelief he would even admit to his questionable behaviour, something that most likely is a product of generational trauma.

The brother apologises for his cruelty towards his sister, apologising for shutting her down and calling her crazy when he should have been there for her. Paired with the cool tones of colour and the eating of food under a night sky gives a feeling of clarity which is conveyed beautifully through this film, the booming music in the background shifting as their conversation continues, something so loud becoming almost silent.

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During their conversation he admits he is in love and recounts the events of a dream, one where he is in a booming club with flashing lights and male dancers, he says how he was orbiting around them with his sister mockingly saying "you mean like a disco ball?".

He further explains how the dancers all started to merge into one, the flickering lights becoming more violent and the dancers moves becoming more sporadic, he then recounts how there is a man with the world in his arms and became "La virgen" that then becomes an older man holding a baby.

all this becomes one huge metaphor, the dancers representing freedom and flexibility, to someone carrying burdens or great weight, this can also be interpreted as the man carrying his world i.e., something precious. the man becomes "La virgen", the virgin Mary, this could be a metaphor for someone he looks up to or worships in a sense this could be representation for his mother or more likely representation for his father, someone towards the end of the film he looked fondly upon.

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The final transformation in the dream was that of a young man holding a baby in his arms, the brother then goes on to say it reminded him and a photo of his pops where he was holding the brother to the sky, he looks back on this fondly and both siblings reminisce about the memories of their father the brother saying "I think pop was a good man", with the sister responding "I think he was to. he was sad all the time and he definitely had his issues but he loved us un chingo."

In a way it is partially portrayed that the father is the one that instilled the "Macho" persona onto his son as the Sister states that he had his issues, however this is most likely due to generational trauma passed down through certain family members behaviour and values.

the viewer is also led to believe the father is deceased due to how the two siblings speak about him, using words such as; was, has and did as well as the siblings long pauses when talking about him. both siblings seem to relate to each other, joking about how sad and depressed they both are, just like their father.

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This Narrative documentary is about, loss, grief and the relationship between two siblings that is used as a conduit for the directors own grief in her own fathers passing and also to rebuild the the disconnected bridge and bond between her brother, something that is conveyed beautifully through tones of the narrative, lighting, colours and the stunning visuals that portray intense emotions and a representation of the difficulties coming to terms with conflicting feelings and thoughts.