Off the Record: Julia by Defender
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In ‘Off the Record: Julia’ we meet Julia Arroyo – a woman committed to shaping the world her 13 year old daughter is entering into a better place than the world she inhabited at 13.
Julia is a gifted Aztec dancer, a devoted counselor and advocate, and is deeply committed to her personal and spiritual evolution.
She uses her lived experience to help lift other young women out of the street economy and reach their full potential.
DEFENDER: Off the Record – our new series from The Adachi Project – challenges the notion that the 'official record' tells the whole story. Each film introduces our subjects as full people, whose lives transcend their experience with the justice system, and who each have found a form of expression and liberation through an art-making or cultural practice.
Visit wearedefender.com/offtherecord-julia – where you can take a deeper dive into Julia’s story by reading the essay that SF Public Defender’s policy director, Carolyn Goosen, wrote to accompany the film.
See the other Off the Record episode here: wearedefender.com/offtherecord-prezi
CREDITS –
Director: Aurora Brachman
Creative Studio & Production, Post: Even/Odd
The Adachi Project: Even/Odd, SF Public Defender, Compound
Feat. Julia Arroyo
PRODUCTION (EVEN/ODD)
Creative Director: Mohammad Gorjestani
Producer: Sabrina Sellers, Aurora Brachman, Henry Kinder
PA: Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo
EVEN/ODD
Founders & EPs: Malcolm Pullinger, Mohammad Gorjestani
Managing Director: Justin Lomax
Senior EP: Alli Maxwell
Head of Production: Taylor Feltner
Business Affairs: Hannah Fariss
Production Coordinator: Dee Harper
SF PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE
Public Defender: Mano Raju
Chief Attorney: Matt Gonzalez
Assistant Chief Attorney, Training + Operations: Hadi Razzaq
Assistant Chief Attorney, Confront + Advocate: Angela Chan
Director of Public Policy: Carolyn Goossen
Public Information Officer: Valerie Ibarra
COMPOUND
Founder: Santhosh Daniel
CAMERA
Director of Photography: Leo Maco
1st AC: Quan (Danny) Tran
Steadicam: Austin Fiare
SOUND
Audio Mixer: Rachel Saldivar, Henrique Campos (Ligeiro)
POST PRODUCTION (EVEN/ODD)
Head of Post Production: Rocco Campanelli
Editor: Aurora Brachman
COLOR AND SOUND (@Roast n post)
Post Producer: Crystal Villamayor
Colorist: Sean Wells
Sound Designer: Matt Wood
Re-Recording Mixer: Nick Kim
Titles: Alejandro Molestina
SPECIAL THANK YOU
Maya Davis
Oberon Strong
Videofax
Roast n’ Post
Bolt Lighting Rental
JustFilms | Ford Foundation
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