Peruvians of USA28 Jun 2023

77: Supporting Talented Emerging and Established Female Filmmakers with Alexa Polar

Alexa Polar is a writer, director, and founder of Female Filmmakers Fuse; a nonprofit that promotes diversity, equality, inclusion, and a safe workplace for women in the film and television industry. Alexa recently wrote Marilyn Mexico, a feature-length biopic that focuses on Marilyn Monroe’s affinity for Mexican culture and her final trip to Mexico. Loz Dos Studios and BFT Media are in talks with Alexa regarding acquiring the screenplay.

Alexa is set to direct the currently entitled feature Fons Vivus, a screenplay she wrote about a group of diverse vigilante women who come together joining forces for a greater cause in a deeply flawed legal system. After this, she placed her focus on R Culture, a feature drama that tackles the issues of rape culture in today's society.

Whenever Alexa is not working on writing, prepping for directing, or directing; she is advocating for social causes against systemic racism, an uneven scale of the patriarch, and supporting causes for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. She often assists with immigration cases as a paralegal.

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