‘The Weight of It’ Crowned in WrapWomen and Starz ‘Telling Our Stories’ Short Film Competition
2021 Power Women Summit, WrapWomen and Starz, a Lionsgate company, announced the winner of this year’s ‘Telling Our Stories’ short film competition, an initiative that highlights films by women and gender non-conforming filmmakers of color and showcase themes of womanhood, community and representation. Written and directed by Olivia Marie Valdez, Einar Soler Fernandez, Sandra Afonso Rodriguez, “The Weight of It,” tells the story of Maria, a breast-cancer survivor, who has recently recovered from a mastectomy and subsequent breast implant.