Art & life overlap in MOTHER OF COLOR, from PNW's Dawn Jones Redstone

Noelia is a whip-smart community organizer and single mother of two, constantly has to make hard choices between her kids and her career. When she’s offered the chance to interview for a position that could change everything, she begins receiving mysterious messages from her ancestors. Noelia senses that something bigger is at play as she works through a series of obstacles to get to the interview and follow her dreams.

While the film is fiction, the character of Noelia is inspired by its star Ana del Rocío whom Writer/Director Dawn Jones Redstone interviewed to develop an original story. Del Rocío who is a single mother of two and has long worked in the political sector, is on the cusp of announcing her real life run for office for Multnomah County Commissioner for District 3. She is the only person of color currently in the race.

Mother of Color had its world premiere at the Tacoma Film Festival in October and screened the same weekend at festivals in New York City and Louisville, Kentucky. The film was also one of six films chosen for the prestigious US in Progress which took place at the 2021 American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland. Additional upcoming screenings include New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland.

SCREENING MARCH 23rd AT NORTHWEST FILM FORUM

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About Writer-Director Dawn Jones Redstone

Dawn Jones Redstone is an award-winning queer, Mexican American
writer/director whose short films have screened around the globe including the
acclaimed Sista in the Brotherhood distributed by Collective Eye. Her work often
features women of color (cast and crew) and explores themes of resistance,
feminism and the internal machinations that help us transform into the people we
want to become.

She believes in using her hiring decisions to help create an inclusive filmmaking
community that reflects and brings needed perspective to the world we live in. In
2017, she was selected to shadow Debra Granik on the set of Leave No Trace. She
has been named a Woman of Vision by the Daily Journal of Commerce, was a Lynn
Shelton grant nominee, and is the recipient of OMPA's Inspiration and Service
Award for her work helping to bring equity to the state film incentives.
Grant awards include Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland Art Museum,
Seeding Justice, Oregon Futures Lab, Story Changes Culture, Prosper Portland and
more. Mother of Color is her feature film debut. She resides with her wife and
daughter in Portland, Oregon.