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Filly Brown (2012)

Filly Brown poster
Directed by
Michael D. Olmos, Youssef Delara
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Latina rapper tries to make it in the music industry while dealing with her mother's imprisonment. She must navigate relationships and her own talent to find her voice.

low-budgetearnestgrittyurbanemotionalaspirationalpersonalunderdog

What happens

Filly Brown is a 2012 drama film directed by Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won Best Feature Film at the 2013 Noor Iranian Film Festival. The whole cast won the Special Achievement in Film award at the 2013 American Latino Media Arts Awards, or ALMA Award. The late Jenni Rivera was honored with a moment of silence. This was Rivera's first and only film before her death on December 9, 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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