Localfilms is a grassroots production company that partners with international humanitarian organizations to empower communities through film. Filmmaker Peter Jordan provides children and adults with the equipment and knowledge to make their own movies, which have examined from a local perspective issues of gender, education, famine, illness, and community. To date, Localfilms has collaborated with communities in Kenya, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana, and Zimbabwe and screened at conferences in Asia, Europe, and America and in villages throughout Africa. You can view many Localfilms in their entirety on this website. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or requests.


The First Kid to
Learn English from Mexico

USA, 20 min, 2008
dir. Peter Jordan

One boy's reluctant journey through elementary school in pursuit of the American Dream

Told through the eyes of a Mexican boy named Pedro, this short documentary portrays the magic, the nightmare and mystery, the isolation and odd friendships, the trouble and anger, and the glimmers of hope of a childhood spent chasing the American Dream.

Misbehaving and failing at third grade, Pedro becomes isolated from other children and tries to befriend unsuspecting animals encountered along his way.