I am my Grandma's Granddaughter

2025

1 hr 11 min

Spanish

Questioning what it means to “not end up alone,” a single 40-year-old filmmaker explores the life of her grandmother, who challenged her era’s social norms.

$150,000

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“Don’t end up alone like I did.” This plea expressed by her grandmother before passing, haunts Tatiana, a single, 40-year-old documentary filmmaker. Filled with questions about what it means to “not end up alone,” Tatiana explores her grandma Teresa’s life: an imposing woman who owned an iconic movie theater, divorced three times and challenged the Dominican social norms of her era. The filmmaker embarks on a journey through family archives, old films and hundreds of letters, constructing —or trying to deconstruct— a story about love, expectations and solitude.

Status
Released
Production
Cine Carmelita

Keywords

  • family history
  • searching for love
  • cinema history
  • past love
  • womenhood
  • midlife coming-of-age

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Top Cast

Lia Briones as Teresa Pichardo (voice)

Cesar Fernandez as Himself

Soeren Henn as Himself

Enzo Pessa as Himself

Mirna Forabosco as Herself

Top Crew

Tatiana Fernandez Geara · Director, Writer

Gina Giudicelli · Writer, Editor

Wendy Espinal · Producer

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