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Hartley; Jill

She studied visual arts at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and fine arts and ethnographic film at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States. She participated in the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with her documentary short film 50 años de Cha-cha-chá (2003), about the history of the musical genre the film is named after, through the Orquesta América and narrated by its founder, Ninón Mondéjar, in Havana, Cuba. This work received the award for Best Documentary at the 7th Los Angeles International Shorts Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, California, and was also presented at more than 10 film screenings and festivals around the world, including the 25th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; the 1st Chicago International Documentary Film Festival (CIDF), Illinois; and the 2nd DocumentaMadrid International Madrid Documentary Film Festival, Spain. As a photographer she has worked on several projects and important magazines in Paris and New York. Her publications include the books Poland (1995) and Lotería Fotográfica Mexicana (1995), a tribute to the variety of picture cards of the popular Mexican game.

Other Movies

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More

Lives on the Border

Vidas en la orilla
Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More

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Divorced, childless and single, Luz visits her local healer who prescribes a scandalous remedy to unburden her soul. As Luz embarks on a sensual journey of self-discovery, she steps into her power realizing that fulfillment doesn't require a traditional path. See More

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