Dulzura is a portrait of Emilia, an adolescent, third generation Mexican-American girl growing up in East L.A., on the day that she realizes her true character and her life is changed forever. Through the course of a violent act, Emilia ...See moreDulzura is a portrait of Emilia, an adolescent, third generation Mexican-American girl growing up in East L.A., on the day that she realizes her true character and her life is changed forever. Through the course of a violent act, Emilia discovers that she refuses to be a victim: she rejects her heavy Catholic upbringing, her socialized role as a virgin mother figure yet sexual object to the men in her life, and finally sees her own femininity as inextricably linked with her personal will to survive and carry on. Written by
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