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SHORT NARRATIVE

In this award-winning film, a prodigy musician trapped in a rural town fights for her freedom to achieve greatness.

Cast: Trista Delamere, Nicole Sill, Deb Lemen, Andrea Stein.

Director Biography

Peruvian-American Donna Bonilla Wheeler is a Los Angeles-based, Afra-Indigenous Latinx writer/director of female-focused projects. Her original screenplays have been Nicholl Fellowship semi/quarter Finalists, Austin 2nd Rounders, Slamdance Lab selects, Sundance Lab finalists, IFP No Borders Selection, and DTLA Screenplay award winners. She co-created the MIPTV2020 Finalist/ In Development Latinx Drama Series, CLASH. Donna is a Cannes MIPTV2020 Producer to Watch, an Alliance of Women Directors Executive Board Member, Film Fatales Member, AWD Industry Support fellow, AWD Directing Shadow, Outfest Directing Shadow, #Startwith8Hollywood Mentee, WIF Mentee2020, and #ReadLatinxWriters Participant.
Donna Wheeler
Donna Wheeler
Donna Wheeler, Kathleen Corbin, Robin Gurney, Kris Forland, Alex Ryan, Sheryl Schwartz, John Edwards-Younger
2021
19 Minutes
U.S.A.
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