Mountains

Through the Lens of Black Women: Beauty and Expectations

Monica Sorelle’s debut feature follows a Haitian father and his family as their local Miami neighborhood faces the effects of rapidly increasing patterns of gentrification. Dream and desire, honor and hatred, love and lust—all contrast in this journey to find where one belongs in the middle of socioeconomic change.

  • 2023 Tribeca Film Festival: Winner, Special Jury Mention—U.S. Narrative Feature
  • 2023 Charlotte Film Festival: Winner, Jury Award—Best Narrative Feature
  • 2023 New Hampshire Film Festival: Winner, Grand Jury Award—Narrative Feature
  • 2023 Blackstar Film Festival: Winner, Audience Award—Best Feature Narrative

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Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.

Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; L’Alliance Française de Houston; and ILEX Foundation.

Mountains

Directed by Monica Sorelle
(USA, 2023, 95 minutes, in English)
Lynn Wyatt Theater, digital, CC

Location

Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
5500 Main Street
Houston, TX 77004
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