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La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla

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La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla is a feature length documentary about a beloved South Bronx matriarch and former "First Lady" of the Savage Skulls gang struggling to remain visible in a rapidly gentrifying community she helped rebuild in the 1980s. With one foot firmly grounded in the outlaw life and the other as an activist and spiritual advisor, Lorine straddles the complexities of multiple worlds. Employing rich never-before-seen archives of the borough that gifted the world both salsa and hip-hop culture, we will go on a complicated and, at times, surreal journey through five decades of Bronx history and resilience in LA MADRINA's own words.

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Inkoo Kang The Hollywood Reporter A lively portrait of a woman who's lived several lifetimes' worth. Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Lauren Humphries-Brooks Citizen Dame Raquel Cepeda helps to guide the narrative from a feminine and ultimately feminist perspective, and provides us insight into a world of women from which a male filmmaker would be forcibly locked out. Nov 23, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews
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Raquel Cepeda

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Lorine Padilla

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Lorine Padilla

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Raquel Cepeda

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Raquel Cepeda

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Ethan Mills

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Synopsis La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla is a feature length documentary about a beloved South Bronx matriarch and former "First Lady" of the Savage Skulls gang struggling to remain visible in a rapidly gentrifying community she helped rebuild in the 1980s. With one foot firmly grounded in the outlaw life and the other as an activist and spiritual advisor, Lorine straddles the complexities of multiple worlds. Employing rich never-before-seen archives of the borough that gifted the world both salsa and hip-hop culture, we will go on a complicated and, at times, surreal journey through five decades of Bronx history and resilience in LA MADRINA's own words.
Director
Raquel Cepeda
Producer
Raquel Cepeda
Screenwriter
Raquel Cepeda, Raquel Cepeda
Production Co
Public Art Films, Djali Rancher Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 15, 2022
Runtime
1h 22m
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