The Department of Radio-Television-Film and Latino Media Arts & Studies present a screening of IN THE SUMMERS, followed by a conversation with filmmaker Alessandra Lacorazza and RTF Assistant Professor Iliana Sosa. The screening will start at 5:30 pm, and the conversation will immediately follow.
IN THE SUMMERS
On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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Alessandra Lacorazza
Alessandra Lacorazza (she/they) is a queer Colombian-American writer-director and editor based in Brooklyn. Their work deals with personal and cultural memory, and incorporates themes of alienation, resilience and moral gray areas. Her debut feature ‘In the Summers’ won the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where Alessandra also took home the U.S. Dramatic Directing Award. ’In The Summers’ also won theMiami Film Festival Jordan Ressler First Feature Award, the Deauville International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize and the Fondation Louis Roederer Revelation Prize, the Athens International Film Festival - Best Director award, and was nominated for the Gotham and Indie Spirit Awards. Alessandra was a 2020 screenwriting fellow with WGA-East and FilmNation. Her work has been supported by NYFA and FOFIF. Alessandra is currently working on their next feature script.
Alessandra has been part of Meerkat Media since 2017.
Details
Start Date: November 19 @ 5:30pm
End Date: November 19 @ 8:00pm
Event Categories: Screening
Location: Auditorium DMC 2.106
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Target audience: Alumni , Faculty , General Public , Staff , Students