Millie & the Lords

Resource Information

The work Millie & the Lords represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Washington County Cooperative Library Services. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Millie & the Lords

Statement of responsibility

a film by Jennica Carmona

Title variation

Millie and the Lords

Contributor

• Arandia, Joel
• Sharp, Jennifer
• Carter-Prince, Natalie
• Hernandez, Alejandro, (Alex Hernandez)
• Gómez, Mateo
• Ravassa, Carolina
• DiDomenico, Maria
• Luciano, Felipe
• IndiePix (Firm)
• Lacen, Modesto
• Carmone, Jessica
• Tirelli, Millie
• Carmona, Jennica
• Damon, Michael
• Orpheus Group Casting
• Agrawal, Shilpi
• Leiba, Cedric, Jr
• Huereca, Alfredo

Subject

• Drama
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• Feature films
• New York (State) -- New York | Harlem
• Young Lords (Organization)
• New York (State) -- New York
• Feature films
• Puerto Rican women -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Puerto Rican women
• Young Lords (Organization) -- Drama

Genre

• Feature films
• Drama

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

This is the story of Milagros Baez, a Puerto Rican woman in Spanish Harlem who long for a different life. While she spends her days and nights working at a local grocery market, she secretly fantasizes about going to college and becoming a writer. When she meets Mateo, a former Young Lord, her life is transformed. She finds an inner strength and passion that she never knew was there. Inspired by the model of the Young Lords Party, Millie is able to overcome her fears and become the woman that she was meant to be.--Container

Awards note

Winner, People's Film Festival, New York, 2015.

Cataloging source

HCD

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Writer/director, Jennica Carmona ; executive producer, Joel Arandia ; cinematography, Shilpi Shikha Agrawal ; editor, Jennifer Sharp ; music, Michael Damon ; casting, Orpheus Group Casting

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA Rating: NC-17

Language note

English and Spanish dialogue; English subtitles

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.M56 2015

PerformerNote

Jessica Carmone, Mateo Gomez, Alfredo Huereca, Alex Hernandez, Felipe Luciano, Cedric Leiba, Jr., Maria DiDomenico, Carolina Ravassa, Millie Tirelli, Natalie Carter-Prince, Modesto Lacen

Runtime

90

Technique

live action