Bienvenida Abuelita Film
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Film Synopsis:
Bienvenida Abuelita weaves together documentary vignettes with stylized portraits to examine the journey of grief and loss. In this deeply personal story, filmmaker Megan Martinez Goltz, honors the life and death of their grandmother Celia, the matriarch of the Martinez family. Megan dives through the depths of dark ocean waters, crawls into the inferno of a temazcal (traditional sweat lodge) and walks through fields of cempasuchil (marigolds) as they search for the words they wish to share with Celia before cancer cripples her body and mind. Guided by the cadence of medicine songs Megan sings “bienvenida abuelita” welcoming their grandmother into their life and finding the courage to reval their queer identity regardless of Celia’s religious conflictions. Respecting Celia’s last wishes Megan tends to Celia’s beloved garden, and takes a cutting of her adored cactus home, using these roots to grow their own legacy and become the ancestor of loving acceptance they always wished they had.
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Michelle
I enjoyed meeting you and hearing about the birthing of this movie. It sounds beautiful. Good luck to you as you work towards manifesting your vision.