Millie & The Lords /

This is the story of Milagros Baez, a Puerto Rican woman in Spanish Harlem who long for a different life. While she spends her days and nights working at a local grocery market, she secretly fantasizes about going to college and becoming a writer. When she meets Mateo, a former Young Lord, her life...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Orpheus Group Casting, IndiePix (Firm)
Other Authors:	Carmona, Jennica, Carmone, Jessica, Gómez, Mateo, Huereca, Alfredo, Hernandez, Alex, Luciano, Felipe, Leiba, Cedric, Jr, DiDomenico, Maria, Ravassa, Carolina, Tirelli, Millie, Carter-Prince, Natalie, Lacen, Modesto, Arandia, Joel, Agrawal, Shilpi, Sharp, Jennifer, Damon, Michael
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English Spanish
Language Notes:	English and Spanish dialogue ; Spanish subtitles.
Published:	Astoria, New York : Indiepix Films, LLC, 2015.
Subjects:	Puerto Rican women > New York (State) > New York > Drama. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Drama. Young Lords (Organization) > Drama. Feature films. Fiction films.

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Summary:	This is the story of Milagros Baez, a Puerto Rican woman in Spanish Harlem who long for a different life. While she spends her days and nights working at a local grocery market, she secretly fantasizes about going to college and becoming a writer. When she meets Mateo, a former Young Lord, her life is transformed. She finds an inner strength and passion that she never knew was there. Inspired by the model of the Young Lords Party, Millie is able to overcome her fears and become the woman that she was meant to be.--Container.
Item Description:	Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (90 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-R; 16:9.
Audience:	MPAA Rating: NC-17.
Awards:	Winner, People's Film Festival, New York, 2015.
Production Credits:	Writer/director, Jennica Carmona ; executive producer, Joel Arandia ; cinematography, Shilpi Shikha Agrawal ; editor, Jennifer Sharp ; music, Michael Damon ; casting, Orpheus Group Casting.