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Prodigal Daughter takes a deep, personal look into the immigrant experience through the eyes of the filmmaker and ex punk artist and reasons of why we migrate.After 16 years of silence, Valdiviezo reunites with her family in Peru, confronting haunting childhood memories, her youth in war-torn Peru, and a troubled past as an undocumented immigrant in the United States. Through the lens of gender and immigration, the documentary offers intimate access to Valdiviezo and her vibrant photo-paintings of her family, weaving a powerful narrative about family bonds, identity, belonging, and the transformative power of art. Stay after for a virtual Q&amp;A with the director and guest speaker Dr. Mariela Pajuelo, to hear behind-the-scenes stories and ask your questions. Presented in partnership with How Bazar and&nbsp;<span fr-original-style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">supported by Gainesville Community Reinvestment Area by Downtown Events Grant Program, funded by the City of Gainesville and Alachua County, and by Visit Gainesville, Alachua County. About the GLFF The Gainesville Latino Film Festival is an annual celebration of Latin American and Latinx voices in film, organized and hosted by the Latina Women&#39;s League. Each year, the festival brings the community together through a curated selection of films that highlight the richness, complexity, and diversity of Latin American cultures and experiences. Through a curated selection of films and free, community-centered events, the festival explores themes such as social memory, diaspora, food, language, and everyday life&mdash;subjects that resonate deeply in a city like Gainesville, where cultural exchange and storytelling are central to community life. Whether through film screenings, panel discussions, &nbsp;workshops, or performances, the Gainesville Latino Film Festival creates space for connection, reflection, and celebration. It invites audiences to engage with powerful stories that speak to both local and global experiences, enriching Gainesville&rsquo;s cultural landscape and honoring the values at the heart of Latin American film: resilience, identity, and collective memory.

Prodigal Daughter takes a deep, personal look into the immigrant experience through the eyes of the filmmaker and ex punk artist and reasons of why we migrate.After 16 years of silence, Valdiviezo reunites with her family in Peru, confronting haunting childhood memories, her youth in war-torn Peru, and a troubled past as an undocumented immigrant in the United States. Through the lens of gender and immigration, the documentary offers intimate access to Valdiviezo and her vibrant photo-paintings of her family, weaving a powerful narrative about family bonds, identity, belonging, and the transformative power of art. Stay after for a virtual Q&amp;A with the director and guest speaker Dr. Mariela Pajuelo, to hear behind-the-scenes stories and ask your questions. Presented in partnership with How Bazar and supported by Gainesville Community Reinvestment Area by Downtown Events Grant Program, funded by the City of Gainesville and Alachua County, and by Visit Gainesville, Alachua County. About the GLFF The Gainesville Latino Film Festival is an annual celebration of Latin American and Latinx voices in film, organized and hosted by the Latina Women's League. Each year, the festival brings the community together through a curated selection of films that highlight the richness, complexity, and diversity of Latin American cultures and experiences. Through a curated selection of films and free, community-centered events, the festival explores themes such as social memory, diaspora, food, language, and everyday life—subjects that resonate deeply in a city like Gainesville, where cultural exchange and storytelling are central to community life. Whether through film screenings, panel discussions,  workshops, or performances, the Gainesville Latino Film Festival creates space for connection, reflection, and celebration. It invites audiences to engage with powerful stories that speak to both local and global experiences, enriching Gainesville’s cultural landscape and honoring the values at the heart of Latin American film: resilience, identity, and collective memory.

Prodigal Daughter

<p data-end="432" data-start="46" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Hija Pr&oacute;diga ofrece una mirada profunda y personal a la experiencia migrante a trav&eacute;s de los ojos de la cineasta y ex artista punk. 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font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">A trav&eacute;s de la perspectiva del g&eacute;nero y la inmigraci&oacute;n, este documental brinda un acceso &iacute;ntimo a Valdiviezo y a sus vibrantes foto-pinturas familiares, tejiendo una narrativa poderosa sobre los lazos familiares, la identidad, el sentido de pertenencia y el poder transformador del arte.<p data-end="723" data-start="434" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p data-end="856" data-start="725" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Qu&eacute;date despu&eacute;s para un Q&amp;A virtual con la directora, donde podr&aacute;s escuchar historias detr&aacute;s de c&aacute;mara y hacer tus preguntas.<p data-end="856" data-start="725" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p data-end="968" data-start="858" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Presentado en colaboraci&oacute;n con How Bazar y con el apoyo parcial de Visit Gainesville Alachua County <h3 data-end="101" data-start="82" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: inherit;">Sobre el GLFF</h3><p data-end="480" data-start="103" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">El Festival de Cine Latino de Gainesville es una celebraci&oacute;n anual de las voces latinoamericanas y latinx en el cine, organizado y presentado por la Liga de Mujeres Latinas. Cada a&ntilde;o, el festival re&uacute;ne a la comunidad a trav&eacute;s de una selecci&oacute;n curada de pel&iacute;culas que destacan la riqueza, la complejidad y la diversidad de las culturas y experiencias latinoamericanas.<p data-end="480" data-start="103" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p data-end="837" data-start="482" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">A trav&eacute;s de esta programaci&oacute;n y de eventos gratuitos centrados en la comunidad, el festival explora temas como la memoria social, la di&aacute;spora, la comida, el idioma y la vida cotidiana&mdash;tem&aacute;ticas que resuenan profundamente en una ciudad como Gainesville, donde el intercambio cultural y la narraci&oacute;n de historias son parte esencial de la vida comunitaria.<p data-end="837" data-start="482" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p data-end="1322" data-start="839" fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Ya sea mediante proyecciones, paneles de discusi&oacute;n, talleres o presentaciones art&iacute;sticas, el Festival de Cine Latino de Gainesville crea un espacio para la conexi&oacute;n, la reflexi&oacute;n y la celebraci&oacute;n. Invita al p&uacute;blico a sumergirse en historias poderosas que hablan tanto de experiencias locales como globales, enriqueciendo el panorama cultural de Gainesville y honrando los valores que est&aacute;n en el coraz&oacute;n del cine latinoamericano: resiliencia, identidad y memoria colectiva.

<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Hija Pródiga ofrece una mirada profunda y personal a la experiencia migrante a través de los ojos de la cineasta y ex artista punk. Después de 16 años de silencio, Valdiviezo se reencuentra con su familia en Perú, enfrentando recuerdos dolorosos de la infancia, su juventud en un Perú marcado por la guerra y un pasado difícil como inmigrante indocumentada en Estados Unidos.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">A través de la perspectiva del género y la inmigración, este documental brinda un acceso íntimo a Valdiviezo y a sus vibrantes foto-pinturas familiares, tejiendo una narrativa poderosa sobre los lazos familiares, la identidad, el sentido de pertenencia y el poder transformador del arte.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Quédate después para un Q&amp;A virtual con la directora, donde podrás escuchar historias detrás de cámara y hacer tus preguntas.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Presentado en colaboración con How Bazar y con el apoyo parcial de Visit Gainesville Alachua County <p style="font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Sobre el GLFF<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">El Festival de Cine Latino de Gainesville es una celebración anual de las voces latinoamericanas y latinx en el cine, organizado y presentado por la Liga de Mujeres Latinas. Cada año, el festival reúne a la comunidad a través de una selección curada de películas que destacan la riqueza, la complejidad y la diversidad de las culturas y experiencias latinoamericanas.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">A través de esta programación y de eventos gratuitos centrados en la comunidad, el festival explora temas como la memoria social, la diáspora, la comida, el idioma y la vida cotidiana—temáticas que resuenan profundamente en una ciudad como Gainesville, donde el intercambio cultural y la narración de historias son parte esencial de la vida comunitaria.<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Ya sea mediante proyecciones, paneles de discusión, talleres o presentaciones artísticas, el Festival de Cine Latino de Gainesville crea un espacio para la conexión, la reflexión y la celebración. Invita al público a sumergirse en historias poderosas que hablan tanto de experiencias locales como globales, enriqueciendo el panorama cultural de Gainesville y honrando los valores que están en el corazón del cine latinoamericano: resiliencia, identidad y memoria colectiva.

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