2021 MVA Thesis Projects 

Towards Matriarchy provides a window into the late stage of life as performed by Maria Guadalupe González. A familial ethnographic look into the day-to-day dissonance and harmony she is part of. Set in Hacienda Heights, Southern California in 2021, the film engages with the reality of an elder matriarch who immigrated to Los Angeles from Mexico three decades ago. Matriarch(y) not necessarily defined as "woman who rules" but rather as a “female-oriented social form” (Reeves, 2002). The camera (and grandson) follows Lupita between the homes of her two daughters, creating an observational tone deeply rooted in engaged participation.

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Running time: 23 minutes