Mercedita

Selma Radz Rodriguez' short film MERCEDITA centers on Urbicia Mercedes, an 80-year-old woman, who ruminates on her long-lasting dedication to the Cuban Revolution. She remembers difficult and wonderful times throughout her life and provides description of her experience as a black woman in post-revolutionary Cuba and the Soviet Union.

Reading by the ocean.

Something that challenges the mind.

Dealing with all the -isms that would come up.

My siblings, questions.

Lots of ideas end up in notebooks, the issue is always starting a project.

Stand up for yourself.

Yes, in the ways one changes through 3 years.

I needed to leave where I was at.

The location-specific frustrations.

Videogames and finally starting some new books!

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Gjemel Likaj & Cagatay Aydin