Prodigal Daughter, Screening with Director Q&A
Prodigal Daughter, Screening with Director Q&A
Saturday | Sábado | October 17 | 2:00–3:00 p.m.
A screening of Prodigal Daughter, followed by a live conversation featuring the film’s director, Mabel Valdiviezo.
Space limited. Reservations required: (415) 355-2810, email bhemgr@sfpl.org, or sign up at the reference desk.
Prodigal Daughter takes a deeply personal look into the immigrant experience through the eyes of filmmaker and former punk artist Mabel Valdiviezo. Escaping Peru’s Fujimori dictatorship, Valdiviezo fled to the United States, leaving her family behind. Sixteen years later, she returns to a Peru she no longer recognizes, confronting haunting childhood memories, fractured family ties, and her troubled past as an undocumented immigrant. Blending vérité scenes, vibrant photo-paintings and youthful animation, the film explores belonging, identity and the transformative power of art—challenging the “good immigrant” versus “bad immigrant” narrative.
NR, 60 mins. English & Spanish. Subtitles in English and Spanish.
This film is supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission, and program activities are sponsored in part by a grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission. #SFACfunded
Mabel Valdiviezo is an award-winning filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist who creates immersive work across film, video art, mixed media, and performance. Using a poetic visual language, her work explores migration, identity, belonging, and healing justice. Her documentary Prodigal Daughter has received several awards and was recently nominated for the Cinema Tropical Award for Best U.S. Latinx Film of the Year.
Connect:
Website – Prodigal Daughter
