Movies: Nova Duarte Martinez

One summer night at San Francisco's notorious underground nightclub Mona's 440, Jean, a Chinese American lesbian encounters Vivian. The film follows the blossoming of that relationship against the odds of society....

Meet Roddy a 20 something year old adoptee from Africa who wants to be an actor, and is also an ape....

After experiencing her first kiss, a teenage girl gets a tarot reading by her Abuela that reveals more about her than she thought it would....

A young lesbian filmmaker seeks to reclaim herself months after having her first sexual experience, which was with a man. This visual essay explores her relationship to her sexuality, girlhood, womanhood as well as her desires for something more....