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Synopsis
The origin story of JALISCO, LATINA SUPERHERO. Jalisco's a humble girl that lives on the outskirts of Guadalajara, Mexico. Her mom takes her to the park to cheer her up with folklorico dance, and out of nowhere- Jalisco's mom disappears.
Jalisco goes to the cops, who brush her away. She goes home in hopes that her mom is there, but she's not. Jalisco ends up going to the bar to ask for help- anyone's help.
Again, everyone snubs her. So Jalisco sets off on her own to find her mom. Luckily for her she gets saved by a band of Adelitas. They all know the fate of her mom but can't tell her about the rampant femicide.
Instead Adella, the matriarch of the Adelitas, says she'll train her so she can learn to protect herself. Jalisco says she just wants to find her mom. Adella tells her about Malinche, the traitor to our gender and the leader of the femicides.
With the help of the Adelitas, Jalisco goes after Malinche to save her mom and the stolen girls.
Bio
Kayden Phoenix is a trailblazing queer Chicana writer and director from Boyle Heights, California. From the start of her career, she noticed a lack of diversity and stereotyping in the industry, which inspired her to advocate for diversity on both sides of the camera.
Her films have made waves on the film festival circuit, with her latest project getting attention at Cinequest and Outfest, and even snagged by Gun Powder & Sky’s horror platform, Alter, which has over 3 million subscribers.
Dedicated to uplifting Latina talent, Kayden founded Chicana Directors Initiative, a non-profit supporting Latina directors and cinematographers. She's been recognized by Panavision’s New Filmmaker Program, was a semi-finalist in the first Universal Animation Writer's Program, and was recently a Film Fatales Fellowship Finalist for Stowe Story Labs for Jalisco, Latina Superhero.
Kayden made history by creating the first Latina superhero team in comic book history with her graphic novels, A LA BRAVA, which McMeel Publishing picked up in 2024. She’s also just launched a new series, Princess Academia, and is diving into action graphic novels with co-creator Ghezal Omar through Artillery Network. Her latest comic she wrote, a three part series of a Chicana vampire gang, Lipstick Cliqa was slated by Sony Music Entertainment.
“A big part of my life’s purpose is to give voice to stories as multifaceted, atypical, and diverse as the people we find in the real world.”
Awards History
CreARTe Expo Brownsville 2019 - Jury Award
