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Alma's recipe

Alma’s recipe follows the routine of Alma Romero, a promotora de salud (health promoter) at Puentes de Salud, a non-profit that offers medical care to the Latinx and immigrant community in Philadelphia. In this short-documentary we visit Puebladephia, a South Philly area that many Mexican immigrants call home, and we also learn how important Alma’s work as promotora has been to the community during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Gabriela Watson-Burkett
    Director
    Baobab Flowers
  • Gabriela Watson-Burkett
    Producer
    Baobab Flowers
  • Melissa Beatriz
    Researcher and Co-producer
    Baobab Flowers
  • Aidan Un
    Cinematography
  • Aiko Brown
    Associate Producer
    Baobab Flowers
  • Scott Burkett
    Additional Cinematography
  • Michelle Meyers
    Research Assistant
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La receta de Alma
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 15, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Gabriela Watson-Burkett

Brazilian of Peruvian descent, Gabriela Watson-Burkett is a filmmaker, producer, and educator based in Philadelphia, United States. She is one of the founding members of ¡Presente! Media, a creative collective that produces bilingual journalistic articles and documentaries focused on social justice. Gabriela is also a TV Producer for WPVI-TV/6ABC and she has been teaching filmmaking and Latin American Cinema at many universities around the city. Gabriela’s latest documentary "Baobab Flowers" won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Short at the 2017 BlackStar Film Festival and it is being screened in various film festivals around the world. She has a BA in Communications and an MFA in Film and Media Arts from Temple University. Gabriela has received many awards including the Leeway Art and Change Grant, the Lenfest Next Generation Fund, and the Philadelphia Independent Media Finishing Fund.

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