Millie & the Lords
By: a film by Jennica Carmona
Contributors: Carmone, Jessica; Gómez, Mateo; Huereca, Alfredo; Hernandez, Alejandro (Alex Hernandez); Luciano, Felipe; Leiba, Cedric, Jr; DiDomenico, Maria; Ravassa, Carolina; Tirelli, Millie; Carter-Prince, Natalie; Lacen, Modesto; Arandia, Joel; Agrawal, Shilpi; Sharp, Jennifer; Damon, Michael; Orpheus Group Casting; IndiePix (Firm)
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Drama; Puerto Rican women; Young Lords (Organization)
Other titles: Millie and the Lords
Description: 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.
Notes: Writer/director, Jennica Carmona ; executive producer, Joel Arandia ; cinematography, Shilpi Shikha Agrawal ; editor, Jennifer Sharp ; music, Michael Damon ; casting, Orpheus Group Casting.

Jessica Carmone, Mateo Gomez, Alfredo Huereca, Alex Hernandez, Felipe Luciano, Cedric Leiba, Jr., Maria DiDomenico, Carolina Ravassa, Millie Tirelli, Natalie Carter-Prince, Modesto Lacen.

MPAA Rating: NC-17.

DVD-R, 16:9.

"For Educational Use Only."--Container.

English and Spanish dialogue; English subtitles.

Winner, People's Film Festival, New York, 2015.