Angelica
- Country
- Puerto Rico
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A teenage girl with an Afro-Latino father and a white Latina mother wants to become a fashion designer. She faces discrimination from her own mother and must find her identity while standing up for herself.
personal struggleemotionalreflectiveidentity focuseddramaticempoweringconfrontationalsocially minded
What happens
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. The effects and her journey on finding her identity and standing up for herself is portrayed along with her struggles throughout the movie. It won an award at the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Diaspora Feature in 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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