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Rosita Lopez for President

Shorts Program

  • Director: Rachel Goldberg
  • Writer: Rachel Goldberg
  • Type: Shorts
  • Year: 2015
  • Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • Length: 9 minutes

A 14-year-old girl is running for President of the United States. As she tries to garner votes, she renews more than just a faith in democracy in the people she meets.

Date: Saturday, February 7,  12PM
Location: Held Auditorium, 304 Barnard Hall

Filmmakers Dean Peterson (Stop Telling Women to Smile); Leslie von Pless (Flying Solo), and Rachel Goldberg (Muted, Rosita Lopez for President) will join the audience following the Shorts Program.

Filmmaker Bio:
Rachel is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has screened at over 40 festivals around the world, including the Palm Springs Int’l ShortsFest and the Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival where she won the Alternative Spirit Award and the Director’s Choice Award. She was a proud participant in AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, Film Independent’s Project: Involve and Film Independent’s Screenwriting Lab.

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