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Imagine you uncover 80,000 feet of archival film that was never digitized.

You could panic… or you could be like David Alvarado and make an award-winning documentary.

“American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez” turns decades of Chicano cultural history into a Sundance-winning film by leaning into the archive. Dropbox helped the team keep the focus on their creative decisions.

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What do you do with 80,000 feet of film? Digitize, organize, share, and make art. Discover how "American Pachuco", winner of the 2026 Sundance Audience Award, leaned into Dropbox to bring Luis Valdez’s legacy to life.

How 80,000 feet of film became “American Pachuco” From farmworker theater to Hollywood soundstages, Luis Valdez’s life spans decades of Chicano cultural history. The team behind "American Pachuco" used Dropbox and Dropbox Replay to turn an overwhelming archive into a focused, coast-to-coast documentary edit.

When your set spans the globe, clarity counts. Discover how Fing! used Dropbox to keep a complex production aligned all the way to Sundance.

How “Fing!” was made with absolute intention Director Jeffrey Walker storyboarded every shot of “Fing!” before he started filming. It wasn't an aesthetic choice. With a real puppet instead of CGI and crew distributed across the planet, he couldn't afford to wing it. Dropbox kept everyone building the same film.

Happy Wrapped Day to all who celebrate.

For nearly two decades, we’ve partnered with entrepreneurs and creatives to support projects like the award-winning film Moonlight, Death Cab for Cutie’s album Plans, and festivals like Sundance.

Our recent event in LA, Dropbox Presents, is just the beginning of how we’ll keep connecting with the creative community. And we’re building tools like Dropbox Dash to take on the busywork so that teams can focus on bold, ambitious ideas.

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