Maria is an 18 year old poet, daughter of Mexican immigrants from the Bronx NY.
Maria’s life was never easy, her family moved between housing projects and shelters and never really had hope for a better future.
When Maria started going to high school she experienced depression and social isolation. Luckily she started writing poems.
The movie opens the door to the world of a young woman who, against all odds, keeps the faith with only her poems to keep her from falling.
The images from Maria's present life in college and with her parents are weaved with her past in the form of artistic storytelling.
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Maria is an 18 year old poet, daughter of Mexican immigrants from the Bronx NY.
Maria’s life was never easy, as she had to live with her alcoholic father, mother, mother’s schizophrenic husband and 2 sisters. The family moved between housing projects and shelters and never really had hope for a better future.
When Maria started going to high school she experienced depression and social isolation which led her to cutting herself.
Luckily she started writing poems.
The movie opens the door to the world of a young woman who, against all odds, keeps the faith; no family support, not an easy life, with only her poems to keep her from falling.
The images from Maria's present life in college and with her parents are weaved with her past in the form of artistic storytelling.
Shiri Paamony Eshel
Born and raised in Israel, alumni of The School of Visual Arts, currently living studying in NYC.
In 2000, while working as a broadcast manager at the independent student radio 106FM in Israel, for no apparent reason, I decided to broadcast African music of which I had no previous knowledge. And so, Africa, my weekly radio show was born and aired for 15 years. The radio show had opened the door not only professionally; African Music DJ, but more so to a vast world of rich culture and color and, later on, to encounters that would have never been possible otherwise.
The years of promoting African culture through the radio and actively helping African refugees and their children have pulled me closer to this wondrous continent which was my home for almost five years.
But, it's not only African culture I'm interested in, it is culture in general – it is Human Culture, in all its glorious shapes and colors, all over the world; communal histories and the personal stories their made of, music – the way it travels the world, connecting people where all other means have failed, art – the way it does not need words of a specific language to touch the soul.
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Shiri Paamony Eshel
Cast:
Shiri Paamony Eshel
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Shiri Paamony Eshel
Born and raised in Israel, alumni of The School of Visual Arts, currently living studying in NYC.
In 2000, while working as a broadcast manager at the independent student radio 106FM in Israel, for no apparent reason, I decided to broadcast African music of which I had no previous knowledge. And so, Africa, my weekly radio show was born and aired for 15 years. The radio show had opened the door not only professionally; African Music DJ, but more so to a vast world of rich culture and color and, later on, to encounters that would have never been possible otherwise.
The years of promoting African culture through the radio and actively helping African refugees and their children have pulled me closer to this wondrous continent which was my home for almost five years.
But, it's not only African culture I'm interested in, it is culture in general – it is Human Culture, in all its glorious shapes and colors, all over the world; communal histories and the personal stories their made of, music – the way it travels the world, connecting people where all other means have failed, art – the way it does not need words of a specific language to touch the soul.
Cinematography by:
Shiri Paamony Eshel
Born and raised in Israel, alumni of The School of Visual Arts, currently living studying in NYC.
In 2000, while working as a broadcast manager at the independent student radio 106FM in Israel, for no apparent reason, I decided to broadcast African music of which I had no previous knowledge. And so, Africa, my weekly radio show was born and aired for 15 years. The radio show had opened the door not only professionally; African Music DJ, but more so to a vast world of rich culture and color and, later on, to encounters that would have never been possible otherwise.
The years of promoting African culture through the radio and actively helping African refugees and their children have pulled me closer to this wondrous continent which was my home for almost five years.
But, it's not only African culture I'm interested in, it is culture in general – it is Human Culture, in all its glorious shapes and colors, all over the world; communal histories and the personal stories their made of, music – the way it travels the world, connecting people where all other means have failed, art – the way it does not need words of a specific language to touch the soul.
Film Editing by:
Shiri Paamony Eshel
Born and raised in Israel, alumni of The School of Visual Arts, currently living studying in NYC.
In 2000, while working as a broadcast manager at the independent student radio 106FM in Israel, for no apparent reason, I decided to broadcast African music of which I had no previous knowledge. And so, Africa, my weekly radio show was born and aired for 15 years. The radio show had opened the door not only professionally; African Music DJ, but more so to a vast world of rich culture and color and, later on, to encounters that would have never been possible otherwise.
The years of promoting African culture through the radio and actively helping African refugees and their children have pulled me closer to this wondrous continent which was my home for almost five years.
But, it's not only African culture I'm interested in, it is culture in general – it is Human Culture, in all its glorious shapes and colors, all over the world; communal histories and the personal stories their made of, music – the way it travels the world, connecting people where all other means have failed, art – the way it does not need words of a specific language to touch the soul.
Art Direction by:
Shiri Paamony Eshel
Born and raised in Israel, alumni of The School of Visual Arts, currently living studying in NYC.
In 2000, while working as a broadcast manager at the independent student radio 106FM in Israel, for no apparent reason, I decided to broadcast African music of which I had no previous knowledge. And so, Africa, my weekly radio show was born and aired for 15 years. The radio show had opened the door not only professionally; African Music DJ, but more so to a vast world of rich culture and color and, later on, to encounters that would have never been possible otherwise.
The years of promoting African culture through the radio and actively helping African refugees and their children have pulled me closer to this wondrous continent which was my home for almost five years.
But, it's not only African culture I'm interested in, it is culture in general – it is Human Culture, in all its glorious shapes and colors, all over the world; communal histories and the personal stories their made of, music – the way it travels the world, connecting people where all other means have failed, art – the way it does not need words of a specific language to touch the soul.
Costume Design by:
Shiri Paamony Eshel
Born and raised in Israel, alumni of The School of Visual Arts, currently living studying in NYC.
In 2000, while working as a broadcast manager at the independent student radio 106FM in Israel, for no apparent reason, I decided to broadcast African music of which I had no previous knowledge. And so, Africa, my weekly radio show was born and aired for 15 years. The radio show had opened the door not only professionally; African Music DJ, but more so to a vast world of rich culture and color and, later on, to encounters that would have never been possible otherwise.
The years of promoting African culture through the radio and actively helping African refugees and their children have pulled me closer to this wondrous continent which was my home for almost five years.
But, it's not only African culture I'm interested in, it is culture in general – it is Human Culture, in all its glorious shapes and colors, all over the world; communal histories and the personal stories their made of, music – the way it travels the world, connecting people where all other means have failed, art – the way it does not need words of a specific language to touch the soul.
Maria is an 18 year old poet, daughter of Mexican immigrants from the Bronx NY.
Maria’s life was never easy, her family moved between housing projects and shelters and never really had hope for a better future.
When Maria started going to high school she experienced depression and social isolation. Luckily she started writing poems.
The movie opens the door to the world of a young woman who, against all odds, keeps the faith with only her poems to keep her from falling.
The images from Maria's present life in college and with her parents are weaved with her past in the form of artistic storytelling.
Maria is an 18 year old poet, daughter of Mexican immigrants from the Bronx NY.
Maria’s life was never easy, as she had to live with her alcoholic father, mother, mother’s schizophrenic husband and 2 sisters. The family moved between housing projects and shelters and never really had hope for a better future.
When Maria started going to high school she experienced depression and social isolation which led her to cutting herself.
Luckily she started writing poems.
The movie opens the door to the world of a young woman who, against all odds, keeps the faith; no family support, not an easy life, with only her poems to keep her from falling.
The images from Maria's present life in college and with her parents are weaved with her past in the form of artistic storytelling.
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