Angelica_(2016_film)

<i>Angelica</i> (2016 film)

Angelica (2016 film)

2016 Puerto Rico drama film

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]

Quick Facts Angelica (2016 film), Directed by ...

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]

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References

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