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I am my Grandma’s Granddaughter

Directed by:

Tatiana Fernández Geara

Produced by:

Wendy P. Espinal / Tatiana Fernández Geara

Production Company

Cine Carmelita

Contact:

  • Year

    2025

  • Format

    Completed without release

  • Length

    71 min

  • Country

    Dominican Republic

Synopsis

Questioning what it means to “not end up alone”, Tatiana explores the life of her grandma Teresa, an imposing woman, owner of a movie theater, who divorced three times and challenged her era’s social norms in Dominican society. The journey takes her through archives, films and letters, building a story about love, expectations and solitude.

  • Tatiana

    Fernández Geara

    Director / Producer

    She studied Advertising and rgot a Fulbright scholarship to pursue her MA in Photojournalism at the University of Missouri. There she started working on a piece that would become her first feature, «Nana». Her second documentary is «Santo Domingo Waltz». She’s a photographer for international media.

  • Wendy

    Espinal

    Producer

    Dominican documentarian and producer based in Santo Domingo and Spain. She constructs her work on the basis of research, process and meaning. She has received support from Programa Ibermedia, FONPROCINE (DR), ICAA España, Berlinale Talents, MiradasDoc, Iberdoc, Directed by Women Spain, and others.

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