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Aug 9, 2016 · We talked to Adelina Anthony about her film on domestic violence in the LGBT community 'Bruising for Besos' and the challenges facing queer Chicana artists.
Studies that I first saw Adelina Anthony’s Bruising for Besos and Dulce Maria Solis’s CHELA. As a scholar of theater studies, I was immediately enthralled by the emotional and critical force of both stories, but also galvanized by the storytellers, the dual authors and performers of the work. Anthony and Solis
INTRODUCTION: Bruising For Besos Adelina Anthony Bruising for Besos is the first solo play from Adelina Anthony’s The Xiqana Xronicles, a cycle of four plays, each dedicated to one of the four directions and created from a Xicana-Indígena, feminist, and queer platform.
Xicana Indigenous Art Film. 106 mins. Originally written by Adelina Anthony as a solo play in 2003, Bruising for Besos tells the story of Yoli (Adelina Anthony), a Xicana lesbian, and her tumultuous relationship with Daña (Carolyn Zeller), a beautiful Puerto Rican woman.
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Jun 20, 2016 · The new film Bruising for Besos is unique not only because of the lesbian Latinas and Xicanas at its center, but also for dealing with the rarely discussed issue of domestic abuse within lesbian relationships.
Jun 28, 2024 · In her debut and independently produced film Bruising for Besos, Xicana queer writer, actor, director, and producer Adelina Anthony plays the role of the protagonist, Yoli Villamontes, who confronts present and past domestic violence as she attempts to “build...
Jun 17, 2016 · If you’ve watched more than just “the classics,” you know that some lesbian films need a minute or 20 to find their groove. That’s certainly the case for new film Bruising for Besos, the first feature-length effort from writer-director Adelina Anthony, who also stars in the movie.
