Immigrant filmmakers want to pass on inspiration with new docudrama

These two young people in Florida are filming a docudrama about four immigrant women who are living the American Dream. It was not easy, but it was worth the struggle. DP

Pair hope future mirrors their latest project

By Luis F. Perez | South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Hollywood - In their eyes, the docudrama they're working on reflects the future they hope to have.

Jhonny Obando and Victoria Zapata filmed a docudrama about four immigrant women who have achieved their version of the American Dream. In the film, an international lawyer, a performing arts teacher, a journalist and a business owner comfort another friend going through a divorce. They talk about overcoming challenges that immigrants, especially women, face to reach their professional and personal aspirations.

It's a story that inspires Obando and Zapata, both 27. She's the director; he's a producer.

The two foreign-born filmmakers from Hollywood — Florida's Hollywood, not California's — want to pass on that inspiration to others at film festivals across the country and in Europe, where they hope to show No es fácil ser Mujer (It's not easy being a Woman).

"It was like looking in a mirror 10 years from now," Zapata said. Working out of a Park Colony apartment, the pair plan to finish editing the film in the next few weeks.
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