{"id":3574,"date":"2026-01-16T00:33:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3574"},"modified":"2026-01-16T00:33:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:33:21","slug":"becoming-chavela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3574","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Chavela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: \u00a0<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Short Film &#8211; Comedy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adapted from Stephanie Trudeau\u2019s docu-cabaret performance of the iconic lesbian Mexican singer Chavela Vargas\u2019 life and music. Told in a hybrid genre&#8211;using performances, animation, and scripted narrative&#8211;this blend of approaches is a perfect combination to bring this unique tale to vivid life.<\/p>\n<p>Director(s): Joyce Callo<br \/>\nWriter(s): Joyce Callo, Stephanie Trudeau<br \/>\nProducer(s): Stephanie Trudeau, Joyce Callo<br \/>\nKey Cast: Stephanie Trudeau<\/p>\n<p>Country: <span data-sheets-root=\"1\">United States<\/span><br \/>\nPeru Premiere<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3574\" src=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Becoming-Chavela-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filminvasionla.com\/2026-fi-lima\/2026-official-selections-fi-lima\/\">Return to 2026 Official Selections \u2013 Films<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 FI-Lima Official Selection: \u00a0Short Film &#8211; Comedy Adapted from Stephanie Trudeau\u2019s docu-cabaret performance of the iconic lesbian Mexican singer Chavela Vargas\u2019 life and music. Told in a hybrid genre&#8211;using performances, animation, and scripted narrative&#8211;this blend of approaches is a perfect combination to bring this unique tale to vivid life. Director(s): Joyce Callo Writer(s): Joyce &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=3574\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Becoming Chavela&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-invasion-l-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}