"YOLANDA"
"YOLANDA"
Feature
· Thriller · 110 pages
Status: Spec
A young Latine mom struggles to navigate her rural town after being sexually assaulted. She raises her chaotic six-year-old with help from her closeted roommate when she learns her predator is a police officer, and he's not going to stop.
Drama, Thiller, Crime
2024 HollyShorts Winner for Best Feature Screenplay & semifinalist in the 2024 Acad...
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Written by
Kari Mote
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44 Accolades
Accolade Highlights
Coverfly Top 1% in Genre/Format
Semifinalist,
The Academy Nicholl Fellowship 2024
1 Writer
Portland, OR
Being the daughter of a Mexican immigrant and a career wartime veteran greatly influenced Kari's lens. With her mom's schizophrenia and her dad's PTSD, her only inheritance was the generational trauma she weaves into her storytelling.
Kari was an independent teen mom who dropped out her freshman year, supporting herself by weeding fields and proc...
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