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PUERTO RICAN FILM “AMERICA” CLOSES SECOND ANNUAL FILADELFIA LATIN AMERICAN
FILM FESTIVAL, STARRING AWARD WINNING ACTRESS, YARELI ARIZMENDI

Philadelphia, PA (Monday, April 8, 2013) – The Filadelfia Latin American Film Festival (FLAFF) presents AMERICA, presented by film maker Sonia Fritz and sponsored by The Philadelphia Foundation, University of the Arts, Casa de Duende, Leeway Foundation, and Congreso. Festival schedule information and tickets are available online at flaff.org.

AMERICA is set in a picture-perfect Caribbean beach village but tells a story that is anything but peaceful. When their daughter runs away with her boyfriend, America’s abusive husband unleashes his rage against her. America leaves everything behind and escapes to New York City hoping for a new life. She works as a nanny for a wealthy family and at night, in a laundry. She befriends three nannies -a Mexican, a Colombian and a Dominican- and with their help and support from relatives in the Bronx, America is determined to bring her daughter back to her. But her past haunts her. America must confront her terror to protect her dream. Also starring Edward James Olmos, Lymari Nadal, Rachel Ticotin, and Frank Peroso.

Watch the trailer: flaff.org/films/america