Tareco Pictures is a producer of fiction and non-fiction film projects, based in Miami.
Mariquita
Trailer duration 2:10 - Film Premiere 2011
Miami Herald article: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/
One Sunday at an upscale Miami home, a 10-year old boy takes advantage of his tia's well-attended birthday party to make a very personal announcement to his family-- and a very special home movie for the internet-- proclaiming he is gay.
Cast includes: Adriana Pascual, Michele Torres, Gladys Yañez, Eduardo Wasveiler, and Galt Mikesell
Director's personal note:
This simple contemporary story is inspired by my childhood best friend from kindergarten through grade school, at a time (1960s) when the "orientation" of a child wasn't even a question in mainstream discourse. Decades later, in the midst of child suicides and brutal bullying, it seems dangerously shallow to me that the social conflicts about "when" and "if" a child can be gay are focused on sexual behavior, even for children too young to care about such things. The mysteries of sexuality are enigmatic and ultimately personal, but the stakes of social cohesion, for all of us, are life-and-death.