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LOLA (Drama) - Blamed for her ailing health due to her size, a life-threatening medical emergency pushes a young woman to advocate for her life.

The film is endorsed by the National Women's Health Network (www.nwhn.org)

  • Ana Lydia Monaco
    Director
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  • Ana Lydia Monaco
    Writer
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  • Ana Lydia Monaco
    Producer
    Meeting Brown
  • Maria Sundeen
    Producer
  • Marlene Luna
    Key Cast
    "LOLA"
  • Sonia Diaz
    Key Cast
    "ROSALINDA "LINDA""
  • Sean Dube
    Key Cast
    "JASON"
  • Jerry Marr
    Key Cast
    "DR LEE"
  • Faith Lavon
    Key Cast
    "NURSE JONES"
  • Jason Caceres
    Key Cast
    "BRIAN"
  • Olivia Sundeen
    Key Cast
    "GIGI"
  • Christina Anaid
    Key Cast
    "CHRISTINA"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    DRAMA, WOMENS ISSUES, LATINX, LATINA LED, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SOCIAL ISSUES
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 21, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    ALEXA MINI
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Philadelphia Latino Film Festival
    Philadelphia
    United States
    May 30, 2021
    World Premier
    Official Selection
  • Latino Media Market
    New York
    United States
    July 29, 2021
    New York Premier
    Official Selection
  • Seattle Latino Film Festival
    Seattle
    United States
    August 27, 2021
    West Coast Premier
    Official Selection
  • Femme Filmmakers Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    October 17, 2021
    Los Angeles Premier
    Official Selection
  • PIFF LA
    Los Angeles
    United States
    October 7, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Veracruz Itinerant Short Film Festival
    Veracruz
    Mexico
    August 19, 2021
    Latin American Premier
    Official Selection
  • Raleigh Film and Art Festival
    Raleigh
    United States
    October 1, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Chelsea Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    October 14, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Huntington Beach Cultural Showcase
    Huntington Beach
    United States
    September 17, 2021
    California Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Ana Lydia Monaco

Ana Lydia is an award-winning filmmaker, exhibited photographer, ex-PR specialist, and furbaby mama who lives and works in Los Angeles. Her raw dramatic stories straddle divergent cultures that challenge and satisfy audiences with political and social subtext. Find her on Twitter, where she has almost 21,000 followers. Read more here: https://www.analydiamonaco.com/p/about-me.html

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Director Statement

I wrote Lola as a woman that has also suffered from weight bias in the medical field. From being misdiagnosed to being subjected to various nonsensical pieces of advice from unknowing and uncaring practitioners. To inappropriate and unnecessary advice from well-meaning friends, to actually undergoing emergency surgery.
After my latest bout with pain that resulted in three months of immobility, I connected to many other women that had experienced the same uncaring medical professionals at best, painful surgery that could have been prevented, at worse.
I thought to myself that I needed to expose weight bias by telling a story with a character that people can sympathize with and relate to.
Lola came to be as this character.
Her story is our story.
Her friends became the people that we know. Sometimes...we are those friends.
Lola gives legitimacy to the issue of weight bias in the medical community while humanizing Lola's everywhere. Ultimately, I want Lola's story to encourage self-advocacy and celebrating the self-love we all need to develop as a tool to help against weight bias.