Ramona
Directed By
Victoria Linares
Preparing for a role, an actress interviews and rehearses with 15 young women who have experienced teenage pregnancy.
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A young actress prepares for the role of a pregnant teenager by interviewing young women about pregnancy and motherhood. In the process, the girls candidly recount their lives and circumstances, shaping the character of Ramona who becomes an ode to the power of collaborative creativity.
Victoria Linares is a multi awarded dominican filmmaker whose interests lay in telling queer stories regarding transgenerational trauma and sociopolitical oppression. Her shorts have screened at New Orleans Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Shorts México, AMOR Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT+, among others.
Her debut non fiction film "It Runs in the Family" has been official selection at True/False, BFI Flare, BAFICI, Outfest LA, Guanajuato International Film Festival. The film has won best documentary in the national premiere of the film at Fine Arts Film Festival RD 2022 and Best New Director by the Youth Jury at the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival.
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