“Mija,” a music documentary from director Isabel Castro, has secured distribution and a possible narrative adaptation. Worldwide rights to the Sundance 2022 title have been nabbed by Disney Authentic Documentary, whereas FX — which is owned by the Walt Disney Firm — has acquired the rights to develop scripted content material primarily based on the doc. Selection broke the information.
Castro’s first function, “Mija” “is about Doris Muñoz, a younger music supervisor who helps her undocumented and deported household by discovering younger music expertise,” the filmmaker informed Girls and Hollywood. “When she will get information that forces her to rethink her profession, she discovers Jacks Haupt – one other daughter of immigrants for whom ‘making it’ isn’t only a dream: it’s a necessity.”
“I used to be significantly excited by telling this sort of story from the attitude of younger protagonists,” Castro shared with us. “As a youngster, I felt like there was a scarcity of tales about what it meant to come back of age as an immigrant or because the youngster of immigrants in america. I needed to inform the type of story I craved myself, as a Mexican immigrant, after I was determining my id, household, and neighborhood.”
“Mija” is now screening at True/False Movie Pageant and has upcoming dates at Miami Movie Pageant and CPH: DOX. It will likely be launched in theaters later this yr earlier than streaming on Disney+.
Tabs Breese and Yesenia Tlahuel produced the doc, and the manager producers embrace Jenny Raskin, Lauren Haber, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Marni E.J. Grossman, and Rahdi Taylor.
“We’re so excited to hitch the Disney household,” mentioned Castro. “We share a standard perception that music is usually a conduit for change, and I hope that by this music documentary, we will present sudden, emotionally common sides of the immigration expertise.”
“‘Mija’ fantastically captures a first-generation story and what it means for that to be part of your id — regardless of the place you’re from,” added Marjon Javadi, VP of Disney Authentic Documentary. “Isabel and her workforce achieved the uncommon feat of sharing a multidimensional immigration story, using music as a common language of expression. We’re so proud to current this as a Disney Authentic Documentary to our international audiences on Disney Plus.”
Castro’s earlier credit embrace doc brief “USA v Scott” and docuseries “Pandemic,” each of which acquired Emmy nominations. Her doc challenge “Crossing Over” gained a GLAAD Media Award. She has labored as a producer at “The Marshall Mission,” “VICE,” and “VICE Information Tonight,” and served as a producer, cinematographer, and multimedia journalist at The New York Instances.
Supply: Women And Hollywood