The Squirrell 1973

Directed by Luis Argueta

Filmed in 1973 with camera Cannon 814 de Super 8 film, “The Squirrell”, is Luis Argueta’s very first film. Argueta, who at the time was studying engineering at the University of Michigan, began a trip up north to the Lelaneau peninsula with the intent of filming a documentary about migrant workers picking cherries. During this journey, Argueta documented a series of invented events and made an improvised road movie. The documentary about the cherry picking Michigan migrant workers was never produced.