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Chavez Ravine
- Jamie Vega Wheeler & Theresa Bral
- Set Up
- No Agent
- Thriller
- Drama
- 2017
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Market: Thu, 04 May 2017Sold: Wed, 01 Nov 2017
Producer: Chris Ceccotti, Amy Baer
ManagerEric Robinson (Gotham Group)
DistributorGidden Media
Producer: Chris Ceccotti, Amy Baer
ManagerEric Robinson (Gotham Group)
DistributorGidden Media
In 1950s Los Angeles, a 12-year-old girl works to unravel the mysteries surrounding her brother’s near death experience, amidst ancient superstitions and the corrupt political upturn of her Mexican American Chavez Ravine community.
After her brother is violently assaulted, Nellie attempts to find his offenders and give her Mexican-American community another chance.
In the Chavez Ravine in 1952, a young girl must help her brother uncover a fortune before she and her family are removed from their homes by the government.
in 1950's Los Angeles, After the murder of a family friend, a young girl struggles to hold onto her childhood while going through extravagant lengths to protect her unstable brother, and homeland, from the people who wish to do them harm.
Film
Film, Female Protagonist, Drama, Family, Period, Mystery, Coming of Age, Buddy, Murder, Latino / Hispanic Theme, Corruption, Alcohol, Childhood, Culture, Daughter, Friends/Friendship, Poverty, Rural, Small Town
119
PG-13
Medium
F
Latino / Hispanic
12
Attractive
Dora and the Lost City of Gold, The Tunnel, A Better Life, Grapes of Wrath, Like Water for Chocolate, The House of the Spirits, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Dec. 31, 1951 - July 4, 1952
Chavez Ravine, LA: clinic, middle school, bar, shake shack, church, abandoned house
NELLIE (12) walks through the streets of Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, 1951, holding a suitcase. She hears a gunshot go off, but it's not uncommon that time of year.
Nellie arrives home to a New Years Eve party. In the middle of the night, CARLOS (20s) is thrown out of a vehicle in front of Nellie's house, his body badly bruised. Nellie rides with her grandmother, TOYPURINA (60s) and Carlos in a truck on the way to an infirmary.
Nellie heads to school the next day despite her brother being nearly comatose. There, she meets a boy named WILL who is being bullied. They become friends, and she takes him to her uncle's, MANUEL (40s), bar. They do homework in her aunt's, EVA (40s), office, when they see two burly white men walk into Manuel's office.
FRANK WILKINSON (30), with the housing authority, arrives at Nellie's house to give his best wishes to Carlos, which scares Nellie into thinking that he is going to get them kicked out of their own home.
Nellie and Will go to the nearby shake shack and have malts and fries. On their way home, they notice an abandoned, boarded up house. Nellie tells Will that it's...
Nellie arrives home to a New Years Eve party. In the middle of the night, CARLOS (20s) is thrown out of a vehicle in front of Nellie's house, his body badly bruised. Nellie rides with her grandmother, TOYPURINA (60s) and Carlos in a truck on the way to an infirmary.
Nellie heads to school the next day despite her brother being nearly comatose. There, she meets a boy named WILL who is being bullied. They become friends, and she takes him to her uncle's, MANUEL (40s), bar. They do homework in her aunt's, EVA (40s), office, when they see two burly white men walk into Manuel's office.
FRANK WILKINSON (30), with the housing authority, arrives at Nellie's house to give his best wishes to Carlos, which scares Nellie into thinking that he is going to get them kicked out of their own home.
Nellie and Will go to the nearby shake shack and have malts and fries. On their way home, they notice an abandoned, boarded up house. Nellie tells Will that it's...