Film

Xiara's Song

2005 · 36m · Documentary

Prison keeps them apart. Music holds them together.

IMDb

5.0

Xiara Trujillo is a precocious seven-year-old who moved from the Bronx to Maryland with her mom, Aracelli Guzman, four years ago. Though she seems happy hanging out and playing with her pal Melissa, Xiara becomes defensive and emotional when talking about her father, Harold Linares. As we see and learn, Harold is in jail serving a ten-year sentence for weapons possession; Xiara seems to blame his incarceration on her mother, whom she says "kept calling the police." Xiara, who has always been extremely close to her father, acts out with her mother.

• Liz GarbusProducer · Director
• Rory KennedyProducer
• Lisa HellerProducer
• Sheila NevinsExecutive Producer
• Don LenzerDirector of Photography
• Daniel B. GoldDirector of Photography
• Eric Seuel DaviesEditor

Release date

June 19, 2005

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

36m

Rated

PG

Genres

Documentary

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