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Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Acquires Isabel Sandoval Drama ‘Lingua Franca’
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deadline.comDino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterAva DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing is adding to its library of inclusive narratives with the critically acclaimed drama Lingua Franca directed, written, produced, edited by and starring Isabel Sandoval.
The film will debut on Netflix and open theatrically in select cities on August 26.Lingua Franca made history at the 2019 Venice International Film Festival Venice Days program as the first film directed and starring an openly trans woman of color to screen in competition.
The film follows the story of an undocumented Filipina trans woman Olivia (Sandoval) who is the live-in caregiver for Olga (the late Lynn Cohen), an elderly Russian woman in Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach neighborhood.
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