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Silent Beauty

IDA Sarowitz Project Completion Fund Grantee

  • Jasmín Mara López, Director
A young Jasmin Mara López held by her mother, Sandra, in the yard of their home in Baja California, Mexico.

About the Project

Synopsis

A lyrical and sensitive autobiographical exploration of the filmmaker’s family history with child sexual abuse and a culture of silence.

Jasmín Mara López, Director/Producer

Jasmín Mara López is an audio producer and filmmaker living between Los Angeles and New Orleans. Born in the U.S. with familial roots in México, her childhood was affected by issues experienced on both sides of the U.S.- México border. This instilled in her a strong passion for immigrant rights, youth empowerment, and social change. Jasmín founded Project Luz, which taught Mexican youth to document stories from within their communities. Her documentary Deadly Divide: Migrant Death on the Border received the Society of Professional Journalists’ Excellence in Journalism Award in 2015. Jasmín has garnered support for her first film Silent Beauty from Chicken & Egg Pictures, Black Public Media, Southern Documentary Fund, Sundance Institute, Latino Public Broadcasting, ITVS, Firelight Media, Creative Capital, and others.