The Afterlife of María Félix
Channel: Michael Ong
Date: 2016-02-27

A short about the appearance of the apparition of Maria Felix occurs during the end of October, warning the humans of the end of the long and sunny hours, with the onslaught of dark hours and freezing temperature.
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Photographed, Cinematographed, Writing, Narration by Michael Ong
Featuring: 
Carlos Villagomez as Maria Felix
With Joel Carter, 
Nicole Hernandez Alvarado, 
Devon Calderon
Thanks to: 
Jennifer Kroot
Jim Mckee
"It is really just about the upcoming winter and the psychological impact on human beings. While mixing what is going on at that point, when the SF Giants won, Halloween and the Mexican Day of the Dead. That being said it is more of my personal experience of, although never been diagnosed, Seasonal Affective Disorder, where people would had little to no energy to go on with their lives in the winter.
The use of Maria Felix in the film harkens to the fact that Carlos Villagomez loves Mexican Cinema and it's Cinematography and had substantial amount of interest in Maria Felix in and on the looks. The film does not really provide an accurate portrayal of the Maria Felix but I tried to create this feeling of naivety and enchantment to portray her as this sort of a goddess yet had a human quality where the narrator believes in.
In hindsight, I find during the process of creating this film is that there is a liminality between the documentary, personal writings and the narrative. I personally never set out to make a film about the SF Giants winning the World Series 2014, or the Day of the Dead. It is more of a personal experience and the complete delusional when I was writing for the film that make a that I want to make. Of course Carlos as Maria Felix never actually said anything about the "introduction of the dark hours and freezing temperature". As it is really just about the personal experience of Seasonal Depression over the past 3 years, that surprising, especially for me, when the celebration of the team winning and the Day of the Dead, happened within days apart and had a different tone to it, happening in one city."
- Michael Ong, March 1st 2015
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