Now en Español

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ABOUT THE FILM

Producer/Director: Andrea Meller

Genre: Documentary

Program Length: 1 Episode/60 minutes

Premiere Date: Friday, April 24, 2015 on PBS

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Now En Español follows the travails of five Latina actresses in Los Angeles who dub “Desperate Housewives” for Spanish language audiences in the US. These dynamic women struggle to pursue their Hollywood careers while balancing the responsibilities of paying rent and raising children. As they come up against an industry that offers little by way of balanced or compelling roles, their elusive success reveals the persistent inequities of Latino representation in the American media.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Andrea Meller
Producer/Director
Andrea Meller (Director/Producer) is an L.A. based filmmaker, born and raised in New York after her parents emigrated from Santiago, Chile. She most recently co-directed the Emmy-nominated Hard Road Home (Independent Lens/PBS) and directed 156 Rivington (Sundance Channel). Her films have screened at SXSW, SilverDocs, and the New York International Latino Film Festival, among others. Her shorter work has screened at the Netherlands Architecture Biennale, the Museum of the City of New York, Storefront for Art and Architecture, and she has worked for National Geographic, MTV, TLC, Food Network, WE and Style. Andrea is a fellow of the Film Independent Documentary Lab and the PBS/CPB and NALIP Latino Producers Academies.