The Power of Hope now screening in the LA Shorts International Film Festival.The film, available on YouTube until the end of October, follows the story of a young woman struggling to achieve her career goals as she grapples with illness and death in her family.
All the while, the words of Michelle Obama keeps her going. If that were not inspiring enough, Jones, the middle child of three conceived the film at age 12, filming it just last year at age 13.
She turned 14 over the summer. “I always wanted to be an animator and I noticed the lack of women working on film, the lack of diversity.
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