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Synopsis
Mari, a Chicana trans femme goes to her elderly mother, Elena’s house on a routine visit. Elena, watches TV in a dimly lit livingroom, surrounded by dirty dishes left by Mari’s older brother Eddie. Eddie lives with Elena and does the bare minimum to care for her. When Mari expresses frustration about Eddie’s lack of helping out, Elena defends him and dismisses Mari. A commercial comes on the TV: children play with paper airplanes. Elena comments that the paper airplanes on the TV “are crap.” Amused, Mari asks her mom when she became an expert on paper airplanes. Elena tells Mari to bring her some paper and commences to show her how to make a paper airplane. The mood lightens, they chide each other playfully. When finished, Elena releases her plane. It glides perfectly across the room. Mari watches, quietly impressed. She then positions her own plane and lets it go with a graceful glide.
Bio
StormMiguel Florez is a trans, queer Chicane filmmaker, whose work includes the award-winning films "The Whistle" (2019, Producer/Director), "MAJOR!" (2015, Editor/Co-Producer) and "Vulveeta (2022, Co-producer, Editor, Actor). StormMiguel is currently working on his feature narrative directorial debut, "Welcome To Roswell," for which he received received a 2022 SFFILM/Rainin grant, 2021 Sundance Trans Possibilities fellowship, a Film Fatales Stowe Story Labs Fellowship, and most recently a grant from the Sundance/Gold House One House Filmmakers Fund. StormMiguel is also an event producer, actor, and a life-long musician. His first acting role was at the tender age of ten in the made for TV movie, Police Woman Centerfold. He’s originally from Albuquerque, NM, which he very much considers to be his homeland, and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 27 years. He lives with his life partner and fellow filmmaker, Annalise Ophelian, and their 2 chihuahuas.
