Short - Marisol : A short film that will shine during the 26th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival

By Mulder, 16 march 2019

The purpose of Marisol is to show how Undocumented immigrants live with a dread that citizens, friends, and even family members can have a hard time imagining. Any slight infraction, especially in the current political climate, can have devastating consequences for families and individuals. "Marisol" intends to illuminate this trauma and essential injustice in our society while calling attention to the dangers of giving power to individuals who hold inhumane political views, and the tension between local and federal governments.

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Zoe Salicrup Junco is an award-winning narrative and commercial film director & producer. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Zoé has created content for Sony, ESPN, AOL, and more. Her narrative short films have screened in festivals including Tribeca, Palm Springs, Clermont Ferrand, and HBO NY Latino Film Festival. Her short film “GABI” garnered her top prizes like the King Screenwriting Award, the Wasserman Directing Award, the National Board of Review Student Grant, and a spot in The Independent Magazine's "Top 10 Filmmakers to Watch" list. Zoé is a Cinefestival/Sundance Latino Screenwriters Project Fellow, a Sundance Women’s Financing Intensive Project Fellow, and an HBO/DGA Directing Fellowship Finalist. She's also an active member of the New York Women in Film & Television Organization and the NYC Women's Filmmakers Group. You can see some of her work at www.zoesj.com.

Lauren Sowa is an independent filmmaker. In 2016, she co-founded Form & Pressure Films to tell stories that inspire and provoke thought, while encouraging diversity and equality on set and on screen. Producing credits include: Marisol, directed by Zoé Salicrup Junco, Shield, written and directed by Danielle Eliska Lyle, Stray, directed by Nora Unkel, and Show & Tell, directed by Sakshi Gurnani, among others. Directing credits include: Midsummer 3.2, In Development, LinkedOut, and To Be in America. As an actor, Lauren has been featured in the films 42 Seconds of Happiness (now available on Amazon Prime), Café Artist, The Rainbow Experiment (Slamdance 2018), and The Devil’s Well. Upcoming: Paris is in Harlem. She received her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Proud member of SAG-AFTRA.

Synopsis
When a young mother takes a risk to provide for her daughter, a stranger turns her transgression into a nightmare.

Marisol
A short film by Zoe Salicrup Junco
Written by Tim Eliot
Produced by Lauren Sowa and Tim Eliot
Cast : Emma Ramos, Rachel Lizette, Katty Velasquez, Tim Eliot, Teren Carter, Qurrat Kadwani
Director of photography : Tine DiLucia
Production Designer : Chantal Demorial
Editor : Min Dai
Music composer : Agatha Kaspar
Associate Producer : Zoé Salicrup Junco
First Assistant Director : Evan Margolis

(Source : press release)