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Synopsis
A decade after losing her 12-year-old daughter Fátima to a brutal feminicide and fleeing her home in a small town in Mexico, Lorena camps out in front of the National Palace to demand an audience with the country’s first female president, seeking justice within a corrupt system that preys on thousands of women and girls each year. Through Lorena, we will also meet other families fighting for both healing and change. We understand that Lorena’s story is sadly not unique; these families will help us represent the stories of the thousands of women and girls who have been lost to feminicide in Mexico.
Bio
Dawn Valadez is a second-generation Xicana, disabled, queer feminist filmmaker and artist. Along with her Co-Directors Rodrigo Reyes and Davi Merchan their film Untitled Lorena (in production) won the 2024 DocLands Jury Prize for their recorded pitch. Dawn is the Producer/Co-director of The Pushouts (with Katie Galloway, 2018), earning accolades. A producer/co-producer on films such as Vivien’s Wild Ride (Hillgrove, in production), All We Carry (Voge, 2024), Hummingbirds (Castaños & Contreras, 2023), and Manzanar, Diverted (Kaneko, 2021), she supports filmmakers nationwide. Her work has received support from the Ford Foundation/Just Films, Sundance/SKOLL Fund, Tribeca All Access, Catapult, Latino Public Broadcasting, California Humanities, the Rainin Foundation, and Robertson Family Foundation. She is on the Berkeley Film Foundation and the International Access Coalition board. Dawn is the Co-director of the BAVC Media Maker Fellowship and the Director of Youth and Artist Development at BAVC Media.
Awards History
DocLands Pitch 2024 - Jury Prize
