Todo terreno
Off the RoadOff the Road Productions is a collaborative project by award-winning filmmakers, Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana and Alan Domínguez, that focuses on BIPoC stories from the deserts of the Southwest up to the streams of the Rocky Mountains.
our story
Drawn together by their cinematic and socially-oriented approach to filmmaking, Raúl and Alan work on projects that collaborate with local artists and communities, highlighting BIPoC talent in front of and behind the camera. By going off the road, Alan and Raul challenge traditional representations of BIPoC communities in the Southwest and the Rockies, a place with rich Native American, Latinx, and Black histories that are often untold. Additionally, they highlight stories of the people from the immigrant diaspora that find themselves making a “new home” in the Southwest.
As independent filmmakers, both Raúl and Alan have made their mark on the industry with their internationally recognized films. Together they are working on a number of projects including the feature documentary “Commerce City” (In production), and Season 2 of “In the Making” for American Masters (2023). When they are not filming you can find them hanging out with their families, or eating at the best taco food trucks in Denver, Colorado.
what we do
- Feature Documentary Film Production
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Doc Series
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Short-form documentary
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Story Consulting
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Cinematography and Sound: We can use any camera for your needs.
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Editing: We usually edit on Premiere and Davinci Resolve, but collaborate with editors that can use an array of platforms.
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Drone cinematography
- Color correction and editing on Davinci Resolve
who we are
Alan Domínguez
A Chicanx border crosser since birth, Alan is Denver-based with Nuevo Mexicano roots. He learned photography from his father and uncle, storytelling from his mother and grandparents, resilience from his wife, and laughter from his daughters. Alan is an Emmy-winning filmmaker and his films have addressed many subjects, with his gravitational point being the unique cultural fabric and social landscapes of the Southwestern United States and his hometown of Denver.
Driven by an ethos of community-based filmmaking in balancing how the past lives with the present, his films have examined migration, mass incarceration, the performing arts, mental health and environmental issues in the Latine community. A current Sundance Producers Lab Fellow, Sundance Latine Fellow, Sundance Producers Intensive fellow, Big Sky Pitch participant, and a Tribeca Creator’s Market participant – Alan’s films have received support from American Masters, Firelight Media, the Sundance Institute, the MacArthur Foundation, PBS, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, World Channel, Latino Public Broadcasting, and History Colorado. His films have been to film festivals throughout the USA, Mexico, and Europe and have been broadcast on national and local PBS outlets as well as Hulu. He is a Latino Leadership Institute Fellow, and a Firelight Media Beyond Resilience panelist.
Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana
Raúl is a Mexican immigrant filmmaker, cinematographer and multimedia creator traversing borderlands and migrant trails. His work intersects narrative fiction, participatory filmmaking, and visual ethnography to explore themes of belonging, alienation and the concept of “home.”
Raúl’s films include “Backside” (2025, 85min) and “Border South” (2019, 84min.). His films have screened worldwide including at Tribeca, Sheffield, and the Guadalajara International Film Festival, and broadcast at Independent Lens on PBS, Apple TV, Amazon Prime among other major streamers. His work has received support from the Princess Grace Foundation, The Ford Foundation, the LEF Foundation, ITVS, Catapult Film Fund, the Jerome Foundation, and the Sundance Institute, among others. Raúl is a Firelight Media Documentary Lab Fellow, a New America National Fellow, a Creative Capital Awards Artist Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow.