Armando Riesco
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"A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots, all in the wake of Hurricane María. It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's...
2) The Tested
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One year ago, plain clothes cop, Julian, gunned down an unarmed teen. The teen's mother, has spiraled into a pit of despair, while his brother flirts with gang life. As Julian prepares to get back to work, the three realize they cannot find closure without the other. Along with those themes the film explores loss, revenge, and injustice. After a mother already loses one of her sons, how can the remaining son carry all the responsibilities of the...