EL AMERICANO TRAILER

EL AMERICANO

Writer/Director

24min, 35mm/super 16mm film, 2008 Spanish w/ English subtitles
A seventeen-year-old native Peruvian girl sells pirated American dvds on the streets of Lima’s Fabric District in Peru and dreams of moving to the United States hoping for a better future.

AWARDS

Winner of Franklin J. Schaffner Fellow Award for Directing, EL AMERICANO - June 2009
Winner of The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Award “Student Emmy” (EL AMERICANO, Best Drama) - March 2009
Women’s International Film Festival, Miami 2009 - Official Selection