Angelica (2016 film)
Directed byMarisol Gomez-Mouakad
Written byMarisol Gómez-Mouakad
Produced byMarisol Gómez-Mouakad
Starring
CinematographyErika Licea Orozco
Edited byMarisol Gómez-Mouakad
Release date
  • September 30, 2016 (2016-09-30)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryPuerto Rico
LanguageSpanish

Angelica is a Puerto Rico film made in 2016 by Marisol Gómez-Mouakad. Based on colorism, sexism and racism, the movie centers on a girl with an Afro-Latino father and a white Latina mother who aspires to be a Fashion designer and faces discrimination from her mother.[1][2][3]

The effects and her journey on finding her identity and standing up for herself is portrayed along with her struggles throughout the movie.[1] It won an award at the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Diaspora Feature in 2018.[4]

Synopsis

Angelica, an African-Puerto Rican, has spent her whole life fighting to affirm, legitimize and explore her Africaness inside her family and in Puerto Rico, a society that denigrates and dismisses her Africaness. A rare drama that looks at the color contradictions and consequences in Puerto Rico and throughout the Afro-Latin world.[5]

Cast


References

  1. 1 2 lisaparavisini (2017-03-17). "'Angélica': a film that discusses racism and sexism in Puerto Rico". Repeating Islands. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  2. ↑ "An Afro-Latina Fights Against Her Family's Colorism in This Puerto Rican Movie". Remezcla. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  3. ↑ lola (2018-07-08). "Director Marisol Gómez-Mouakad Addresses Colorism Within Puerto Rico In Film 'Angélica'". HipLatina. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  4. ↑ "AMAA 2018 Full List Of Winners". www.ama-awards.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  5. ↑ "Films : Pan African Film Festival And Arts Festival". Archived from the original on 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
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