Date and Time
Sat, November 4, 2023
@ 5:00pm
Location
Regal LA Live: Theater 12
Series
Program Special Shorts: Latin Film Series
Los Angeles – 2053, After a bloody civil war, women of color are captured and sterilized as a form of population control. Vida and a group of resistance fighters are getting ready to escape, but suddenly one of their own is captured, and they’re forced to decide between saving themselves or saving her.
About the Director(s)
Maria Valdez is a Guatemalan-born, California-raised, award-winning director. She was one of eighteen students selected into the prestigious UCLA film school and is a recent graduate of the MFA Writing/Directing program. She is also a Cal State University, Fullerton graduate, having received two B.A.s, one in Journalism and the other in Cinema & Television Studies. Maria's TV Pilot was selected to participate in the Read Latinx Writers Initiative. She's also participating in two mentoring programs, Women in Film and Unlock Her Potential. She is the recipient of The Hollywood Foreign Press Association Directing Fellowship, The Gerald Hughes Comedy Directing Fellowship, the Verna Fields Fellowship, The Motion Picture Association of America Award, and most recently, her thesis film VIDA won the 2022 First Place Gold Circle Award from the Caucus Foundation.
Film Info
| Trailer: | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BQNNKDO1h9DtmBsQpX-nBiavtp08b_3W/view?usp=share_link |
| Release Year: | 2023 |
| Country: | United States |
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