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    Mosquita Y Mari

    Aurora GUERRERO 2012 USA Fiction color 85min English HDCam
    Set in a predominately Mexican, immigrant neighborhood in Los Angeles, Mosquita y Mari tells the story of two 15 year old Chicanas growing up in Huntington Park. When Yolanda meets her new neighbor, Mari, all they see in each other are their differences. As a sheltered, only-child to her older, immigrant parents, the Olveros, Yolanda's sole concern is securing her college- bound future. Since the recent loss in the family, street-wise Mari hustles to help her undocumented family stay above water. But despite Yolanda and Mari's contrasting approach to survival, they are soon brought together when Mari is threatened with expulsion after saving Yolanda from an incident at school involving Yolanda's boy-crazed friends, Vicky and Vero better known as Las Cuatas. Determined to call it even, Yolanda convinces Mari to let her tutor her after school to prove to the administrators that she's more than a delinquent. Mari and Yolanda forge a friendship that soon proves more complex than anticipated when a moment between them reveals a sexual undercurrent. As the girl's friendship grows increasingly intimate, Yolanda's focus moves away from her schoolwork while Mari devises a scheme to skirt her responsibilities at her job to spend more time with Yolanda.

    Director

    Aurora GUERRERO

    GUERRERO has over 10 years of filmmaking experience. She directed award-winning short narrative films. She received her B.A. in Psychology and Chicano Studies from UC Berkeley and her M.F.A in Film Directing from Cal Arts in Los Angeles.

    Director's Statement ▾

    Aurora GUERRERO

    2012 Mosquita Y Mari

    2008 Pandora's

    2005 Viernes girl

             Pura Lengua

    Sales Company / The Film Collaborative

    Email: jeffrey@thefilmcollaborative.org

     

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