Boca Chica
- Desi, a 12-year old girl, spends her days dreaming on the beaches of Boca Chica of becoming a famous singer, but her goal is threatened by the insidious future that awaits some of the girls in her town. A future that is perpetruated by some of those closest to her. Only her music can save her. Juxtaposing the realities and expectations of a young girls in the Dominican Republic, Boca Chica shines a light on the insidious child sex trade and the lives it seeks to destroy.
DIRECTOR(S)Gabriella A. Moses
DIRECTOR(S) BIOGRAPHYGabriella A. Moses is a director, writer & production designer based in Brooklyn, NY and graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Gabriella has received support from the Sundance Institute, New York Women in Film & TV, Tribeca Film Institute, The Black List, SFFILM and The Gotham. She was most recently featured on the 2023 Black List Latinx List and was selected for the 2022 LALIFF x Netflix Latinx Inclusion Fellowship Program with her short SIN RAÍCES.
Q&A with director Gabriella A. Moses will follow the screening.
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- EVENT TYPE: Film
countries:
LANGUAGESEnglish, Spanish
SUBTITLESEnglish
RUN TIME: 97 Minutes
YEAR: 2023
venues:
6259 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752, United States, #512-322-0145 (ext. 3214)
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