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Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined is a documentary about the life and work of one of America’s most celebrated and influential Latina writers. The Dominican-American poet and novelist Julia Alvarez burst onto the literary scene and blazed a trail for a generation of Latino authors. Her semi-autobiographical novel, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, was published in 1991, followed in 1994 by In the Time of the Butterflies, which sold over a million copies and raised global awareness about life under Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. Spanning multiple genres and audiences, Alvarez’s work includes three nonfiction books, three poetry collections, 11 books for children and young adults and seven literary novels. This documentary opens a window into her extraordinary journey from her childhood in the Dominican Republic to a life of exile in New York City to a brilliant literary career that shows no sign of slowing down. At 74, she recently published the critically acclaimed novel The Cemetery of Untold Stories. Film image, synopsis and related credits courtesy of TMBD and Bosch & Co., Inc.
- Year2024
- Runtime84 minutes
- RatingNot Rated
- GenreDocumentary
- DirectorAdriana Bosch
- ProducerAdriana Bosch
- Co-ProducerLatino Public Broadcasting, Bosch & Company, Inc. and ITVS in association with American Masters, with funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined is a documentary about the life and work of one of America’s most celebrated and influential Latina writers. The Dominican-American poet and novelist Julia Alvarez burst onto the literary scene and blazed a trail for a generation of Latino authors. Her semi-autobiographical novel, How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, was published in 1991, followed in 1994 by In the Time of the Butterflies, which sold over a million copies and raised global awareness about life under Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. Spanning multiple genres and audiences, Alvarez’s work includes three nonfiction books, three poetry collections, 11 books for children and young adults and seven literary novels. This documentary opens a window into her extraordinary journey from her childhood in the Dominican Republic to a life of exile in New York City to a brilliant literary career that shows no sign of slowing down. At 74, she recently published the critically acclaimed novel The Cemetery of Untold Stories. Film image, synopsis and related credits courtesy of TMBD and Bosch & Co., Inc.
- Year2024
- Runtime84 minutes
- RatingNot Rated
- GenreDocumentary
- DirectorAdriana Bosch
- ProducerAdriana Bosch
- Co-ProducerLatino Public Broadcasting, Bosch & Company, Inc. and ITVS in association with American Masters, with funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting