Director

Yolanda Cruz

Directing

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Beginning to build directing work.

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 1193485

IMDb ID: nm1545613

Known for: Directing

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2009 - 2026

Years active: 18

Wikidata: Q102184774

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Director (3)Producer (1)

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Biography

Yolanda Cruz is an independent filmmaker from a Chatino community in San Juan Quiahije, Oaxaca. She has produced and directed two feature films, three short fiction films, and seven documentaries. Her most recent feature film is La Raya (2024). The constant themes in her work are art, indigenous languages, and migration. As an indigenous, migrant, and Latina filmmaker, she has focused on filming urgent issues for her community and presenting new topics for discussion. She is an alumna of Sundance Institute and the University of California Los Angeles film school.

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