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Mosquita y Mari
Mosquita y Mari is a 2012 coming of age story directed by Aurora Guerrero, starring Fenessa Pineda and Venecia Troncoso. It is loosely based on Aurora Guerrero’s personal coming of age experiences. It is based her own love story that was never directly discussed. Mosquita y Mari is filmed from the perspective of Yolanda dubbed Mosquita by Mari (Fenessa Pineda). The story unfolds as their friendship blossoms. The film was premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. (source)

Plot Summary
When Mari arrives as a new student at Yolanda’s high school and moves across the street from her, Yolanda’s studious routine is interrupted. Yolanda is a bright student, obedient daughter, mainly passive and respected by her elders. In contrast, Mari is outspoken, aggressive, failing her classes, and depicted as a troublemaker. When Yolanda or “Mosquita” as Mari nicknames her, begins to tutor Mari for their Geometry class, their friendship begins to grow. Mari and Yolanda’s family lives are also very different. Mari is dealing with the death of her father, economic turmoil due to her undocumented status, and the stress of helping to support her mother and younger sister. Yolanda, on the other hand, although not in economic turmoil, still struggles with the pressures that her parents push on to her. Mari begins to pass out flyers on the street to help pay for rent. Their relationship becomes harder to ignore as Yolanda’s grades begin to drop while tutoring Mari and spending more and more time thinking about her. Mari stops passing out flyers, opting instead to throw them in a dumpster, to spend more time with Yolanda. Yolanda faces repercussions from her parents for her falling grades and Mari loses her job and realizes she must find a way to get rent money. Mari turns to sex work and is caught by Yolanda in the process at a place that they often frequented together. Yolanda is visibly hurt and leaves crying. The last scene shows both of them walking on opposite sides of the street and stopping to acknowledge each other, smiling. This leaves the film open ended to the viewers.

Cast
Fenessa Pineda as Yolanda Venecia Troncoso as Mari Melissa Uscanga as Vicki Marisela Uscangaer as Ver Laura Patalano as Mrs. Olveros Joaquin Garrido as Mr. Olveros Dulce Maria Solis as Mrs. Rodgriguez Armando as Cosio Don Pedro Omar Leyva as Mr. G Pablo Paul Alayo Olivia Sammy Zaragosa Photo Shop Owner Virginia Montero Marlon  Johnny F. Rios Boner Survey Boys   Ezquiel Jimenez, Carlos Rios Security Guard  Annie McKnight Grandma  Georgina Cuautencos Dona Herlinda Tonita Castro

Production

3.2 Casting (together)

community used mostly untrained or non professional cast 3.3 Filming and cinematography (Sherry) behind the scenes connect to UCSC 3.4 Style and inspiration (Sherry) inspiration…

Music and Soundtrack
Mariachi, Banda, Norteno, and Cumbia and blending them with Reggae, American pop and so forth.La Pobreska, Viernes 13, and Raiz Organica “a unique blend of identities that mark their special place in American society.” using ska for the young

Nortec Collective (transnationality?? Chicana culture) 4 Release (Sherry) Sundance, screenings (UCSC and others) 5 Reception (Elizabeth) Looking at Reviews and what they’re saying

10 References(together) list all our references 1.) NPR   2.) MYM website 3.) afterellen   4.) kickstarter

11 External links (together) kickstarter mosquita y mari link