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Mac, a butch played by Puerto Rican non-binary actor Vico Ortiz, in the short film Vámonos. She has light brown skin and dark brown hair which is partly shaved. She is standing indoors, wearing a sleeveless black top and a leather necklace. She is looking down, holding an object which cannot be seen.

Vámonos

Short Film
2015
United States of America, Puerto Rico
Mac, a butch played by Puerto Rican non-binary actor Vico Ortiz, is dressed femininely after death by intolerant family members. Hope, Mac's partner, breaks into the funeral home prior to the funeral, dressing Mac's body masculinely so that Mac's identity is respected in death.

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Available Summary:

"Vico Ortiz and Jessica Camacho costar in this beautiful story about what it looks like to show up as an ally for our gender-nonconforming loved ones. When Mac, a young butch Latina, dies, her girlfriend, Hope, must overcome both personal grief and homophobic hostilities from Mac’s family in order to respectfully send Mac off into the afterlife as she would’ve wanted." -Criterion Channel.


WARNING: Confronting themes.

This short film prominently features discussions of death and Mac's dead body. Central themes include lesbophobia, butchphobia, bigotry under the guise of religion, family conflict/rejection, and erasure of masculinity. There is also a discussion which (depending on your interpretation) might be referring to a past sexual assault.

Entry last updated:

28 Feb 2026

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