{"id":210794,"date":"2023-08-23T11:35:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T15:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latinorebels.com\/?p=210794"},"modified":"2023-08-23T11:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T15:38:26","slug":"hopesoledad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latinorebels.com\/2023\/08\/23\/hopesoledad\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Hope, Soledad’ Centers Inner Worlds of Indigenous Mexican Women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Frida Cruz and Karen Daneida star in ‘Hope, Soledad,’ directed by Yolanda Cruz.<\/p><\/div>\n

The movie Hope, Soledad<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0is quiet but moving—it\u00a0takes about 15 minutes before there is any meaningful dialogue in the\u00a0indie film from <\/span>Sundance Labs<\/span><\/a> alumni <\/span>Yolanda Cruz<\/span><\/a>. Portraying so many silent moments of reflection, Hope, Soledad<\/i> is a deeply personal film about grief, healing, and what it is to be a Mexican woman today. <\/span><\/p>\n

After showing at nearly a dozen festivals —including the <\/span>Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival<\/span><\/a>, where <\/span>Latino Rebels <\/span>caught up with the filmmaker<\/span><\/a>—– <\/span>Hope, Soledad<\/span><\/i> is <\/span>currently playing at the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in San Jose, California, with a final screening at the Hammer Theatre Center on Wednesday, August 23.<\/span><\/p>\n

The film’s two titular characters meet on a pilgrimage to La Virgin de Juquila in Oaxaca, each on their own journey of transformation. Hope is a college-aged Chicana, back in the place where her extended family lives and simmering with quiet anger. Soledad is a generation older, a married Mexican national whose husband is in the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n