MILLIE AND THE LORDS tells the story of Milagros Baez, a young, working class under-confident Puerto Rican woman whose life is changed for the better when she begins to learn about the Young Lords Party and her rich Puerto Rican history.
MILLIE ANDD THE LORDS is the story of Milagros Baez, a Puerto Rican woman in Spanish
Harlem who longs for a different life. While she spends her days
and nights working at a local grocery market, she secretly fantasizes
about going to college and becoming a writer. But in her world, this
is not a realistic goal. With no one on her side, she is resigned to
living in the projects of El Barrio for the rest of her life. With no one
to believe in her, Millie doesn’t even believe in herself.
When Millie meets Mateo, a former Young Lord, her life is
transformed. As he slowly shares with Millie all of his knowledge and
experiences with the Puerto Rican revolutionary group, The Young
Lords, she discovers an inner strength and passion that she never
knew was there. Mateo’s encouragement and belief in Millie give her
a new found sense of possibility, and little by little, her life begins
to change. Inspired by the model of the Young Lords Party, Millie is
able to overcome her fears and become the woman that she was
meant to be.
Jennica Carmona is a New York City based Puerto-Rican film maker and activist. Born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico and raised in Rochester, NY she is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. From 2008-2009, Jennica worked with director Lee Daniels on the Academy Award winning film, ‘Precious”, where she gained hands on experience with filmmaking and production. She later went on to write, direct and produce her first feature film, “Mille and the Lords”. The film was the recipient of several film festival awards (Best Director, Newark International Film Festival, Best Director, The People’s Film Festival, and Excellence in Filmmaking Award, Rincon International Film Festival, as well as the Paul Robeson Award for Feature Narratives-Newark Black Film Festival) and it was sold to HBO/ Cinemax shortly after its release. Jennica recently completed the Third World Newsreel Fellows Progam and is in the final stages of post for her short film, 'The Corito Project", which explores the connection between music, faith, and activism within the Latin American Church and revolutionary movements. She currently heads the Documentary Department for the Atlanta Film Festival.
Georgia Latino Film Festival
QueensWorld Film Festival
International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival
Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival
Alex Hernandez- Roberto
Jessica Carmona- Millie
Mateo Gomez- Mateo
Carolina Ravassa- Lucy
Alfredo Huereca- Antonio
