Project Detail

The Ritual to Beauty

Maria Marrone

Synopsis

A mixed media piece integrating the stylization of documentary and spoken word. Inspired by Shenny de Los Angeles’ one-woman show “What Happens to Brown Girls Who Never Learn How to Love Themselves Brown?”, this piece invites you to witness the meaning of beauty through three generations of Dominican women. The grandmother, the mother, and the daughter. In learning about the ritual to beauty that was passed down to each woman, there is a pain buried deep in the denial of their blackness. It is only through the secret voice in the water, that the daughter is able to release herself from a pain she’s been holding onto since she was born. By forgiving herself and the women before her, will she finally see just how beautiful she is when she’s free?
Official Selection BlackStar Film Festival 2022

Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 14 min 7 sec
Format: Digital
Director: Shenny de Los Angeles, Maria Marrone
Producer: Shenny de Los Angeles, Maria Marrone
Co-Producer: Maria Marrone
Executive Producer: Shenny de Los Angeles
Editor: Maria Marrone
Screenwriter: Shenny de Los Angeles
Director of Photography: Maria Marrone
Production Designer: Shenny de Los Angeles, Maria Marrone
Sound: Jose Escobar
Composer: Amyra Leon
Principal cast: Marina Eugenia Belliard Rojas, Chenny Bright, Shenny de Los Angeles