# Juan Morales Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-truth-in-this-art-stories-that-matter-1372723/juan-morales Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-truth-in-this-art-stories-that-matter-1372723/juan-morales.md Podcast: [The Truth In This Art: Stories That Matter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-truth-in-this-art-stories-that-matter-1372723) Published: 2026-03-19T04:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.thetruthinthisart.com/episodes/juan-morales-filmmaker-abhaile-small-town-white-supremacy-belonging Audio file: https://op3.dev/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/media.transistor.fm/05c19d05/28bb3b65.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-truth-in-this-art-stories-that-matter-1372723/episodes/juan-morales Duration seconds: 3235 ## Resource In this episode of The Truth In The Art, the guest is Juan Morales ! Who is Juan Morales : Maryland native, writer and director whose films explore immigration, racism, and community; currently developing the feature Abhaile about a small town overtaken by a white supremacist group. Juan talks about his path from nearly attending medical school to filmmaking, why he wrote Abhaile from the perspective of a Latina protagonist, and the challenges of telling a large story with a small cast. We also dig into research, collaboration, mentorship, and how community shapes and sustains creative work. His aim throughout: to tell timely stories that provoke conversation about belonging, identity, and justice. For updates, follow https://www.instagram.com/j.mor_95/ The Truth In This Art is supported by William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund , the Maryland State Arts Council's Creativity Grant and Mayor's Individual Artist Award - Creative Baltimore Fund (Baltimore) . Host : Rob Lee Music: Original music by Daniel Alexis Music with additional music from Chipzard and TeTresSeis . Production: Produced by Rob Lee & Daniel Alexis Edited by Daniel Alexis Show Notes courtesy of Rob Lee and Transistor Photos: Rob Lee photos by Vicente Martin for The Truth In This Art and Contrarian Aquarian Media. Guest photos courtesy of the guest, unless otherwise noted. Support the podcast The Truth In This Art Podcast Fractured Atlas ( Fundraising ): https://www.fracturedatlas.org The Truth In This Art Podcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetruthinthisart.bsky.social The Truth In This Art Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truthinthisart/?hl=en The Truth In This Art Podcast Website: https://www.thetruthinthisart.com/ The Truth In This Art Podcast Shop: Merch from Redbubble ★ Support tâ€Ĥ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-truth-in-this-art-stories-that-matter-1372723/episodes/juan-morales/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-truth-in-this-art-stories-that-matter-1372723/juan-morales.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.