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Despite Your Absence

Country: United States, Language: Spanish, English, 8 mins

Original Title

A pesar de su ausencia
  • Director: Djali Brown-Cepeda
  • Writer: Djali Brown-Cepeda
  • Producer: Raquel Cepeda, Sacha Jenkins

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In 1978 New York, one girl in a city of eight million, finds herself. Follow her journey.
In the late ’70s in New York City, Lazara, a second-generation Dominican girl comes of age.


Trailer…

A pesar de su ausencia (Trailer) from Djali Brown-Cepeda on Vimeo.

Cast & Characters

Lua Beaulieu (as Sol)
Djali Brown-Cepeda (as Lázara)
Raquel Cepeda (as Milagros)
Carma Flores (as Girl 4)
Priscilla Gaona (as Girl 1)
Nashawn Kearse (as Blackie)
Michelle Rosario (as Girl 2)
Anyi Sánchez (as Girl 3)
Vasco Wellington (as Miguel)