Mija

[Plays 5/14 at 12 p.m. and 5/18 at 9:20 p.m. as well as virtually as part of the MSPIFF41 Film Festival running May 5-19; for more information, log on to MSPfilm.org for full schedule.] Isabel Castro's poignant, down-to-earth, moving, thought-provoking, inspirational, 88-minute documentary that follows ambitious, hardworking, 26-year-old, American-born music manager Doris Anahi Muñoz in Southern California as she manages rising pop star Cuco (aka Omar Banos) through her Mija ("my daughter") Management company and struggles to support and care for her undocumented immigrant family, including her older brother Carlos who was deported to Mexico, as they wait for green cards and citizenship status while connecting to Texas-born Latina singer/songwriter Jacqueline "Jacks" Haupt who is also dealing with issues regarding her undocumented family members.
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