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How Mira Nair Inspired ‘Yellow Rose’ Director Diane Paragas to Keep Going

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIt took filmmaker Diane Paragas 15 years to bring “Yellow Rose” to the big screen. She kept hearing that no one wanted to see a story about a Filipino immigrant growing up in Texas.Paragas changed her screenplay a few times, and almost gave up until an encounter with filmmaker Mira Nair at the Toronto Film Festival inspired her to stay true to telling the story she wanted to tell.

The film stars Broadway star and Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada in her feature debut as Rose, a young undocumented immigrant in Texas who watches as ICE captures her mother.

Rose struggles as she straddles pursuing her dream of becoming a country singer or facing a return to the Philippines to be with her mother.

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