Space Cadet

Feature Film - Costume Designer
                       

Director/Writer:
Liz W. Garcia
Producer:
Jon Berg, Michael Tadross                      

A Florida party girl turns out to be the only hope for the NASA space program after a fluke puts her in training with other candidates who may have better resumes, but don't have her smarts, heart and moxie.


The Kill Room

Feature Film - Costume Designer
                       

Director: Nicol Paone
Writer: Jonathan Jacobson
Producer: Shout Studios                              


A hitman, his boss, an art dealer and a money-laundering scheme that accidentally turns the assassin into an overnight avant-garde sensation, one that forces her to play the art world against the underworld




Grassland

Feature Film - Costume Designer
                       

Director: 
William Bermudez, Sam Friedman
Producer:
David Goldblum, Common

LALIFF 2024 Premiere 


It is about a single Latina mother whose illegal marijuana business is jeopardized when her young son Leo befriends the new neighbors downstairs--a white boy and his police officer grandfather. The film highlights how people of color were excessively targeted for weed during the early 2000s, and is based on the co-director's lived experience growing up with a mom who was a marijuana dealer.

A social justice thriller that highlights the dangers of marijuana incarceration.





Farewell Amor

Feature Film - Costume Designer

Director & Writer:  Ekwa Msangi

Sundance Film Festival Premiere 2020
Film Independent Spirit Award 2021 Winner Ekwa Msangi
National Board of Review, USA 2021 Winner NBR Award Top Ten Independent Films



Walter ( Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine), an Angolan immigrant, works as a cab driver in New York. After 17 years apart, his wife Esther (Zainab Jah) and daughter Sylvia (Jayme Lawson) join him in the US. Walter and Esther have adapted to their separation differently, with Walter starting a new relationship and Esther finding solace in the church. Prior to their arrival, Walter ends his relationship with Linda (Nana Mensah). In Brooklyn, the family shares a cramped one-bedroom apartment. Esther faces challenges adjusting to a new country, distant marriage, and lost passion. Sylvia, a teenager, battles homesickness and pursues dance against her mother's wishes
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One Percent More Humid

Feature Film - Costume Designer
Writer & Director: Liz W. Garcia

Premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2017
Winner Jury Award Best Actor Alessandro Nivola in U.S. Narrative Feature
Iris (Juno Temple) and Catherine (Julia Garner), childhood friends, reunite for a humid New England Summer. As they enjoy typical summer activities, their shared past trauma becomes increasingly difficult to suppress. Haunted by memories, they find their bond strained and seek refuge in forbidden affairs. Catherine pursues a former crush turned enemy, while Iris finds solace in her older, married college advisor Gerald (Alessandro Nivola), who is also at a crossroads in his life