How would your town look and sound if suddenly you were the only one who lived in it? When the construction of a dam partially flooded San Marco, Mexico, most residents fled. But a handful of families stayed put, staring down the specter of approaching waters. They now live off the grid—de facto kings of a boarded-up, half-sunken community where donkeys and pigs roam the streets and the lack of noise and commerce creates a peaceful, almost monastic, vibe. Kings of Nowhere captures the essence of a place and its people through quiet observation of daily life, but it also features unhurried interviews with residents like Miro, who makes regular tortilla deliveries to a long-eared cow stranded on a newly formed island, and Yoya and Jaimito, a lively older couple who can’t understand why people left but nevertheless tell scary stories by candlelight about bandits who skulk about town after the sun goes down.  RYS