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Waking Hour

Name: Waking Hour
Released: 2019-03-04
Duration: 13 min

Not Rated

A young trans woman is pursued by a potential lover at a party. As she balances concerns about her safety and her desire for intimacy, she must figure out what she wants before she can go for it.

03-04-2019

13 min

Main Cast

Nava Mau

Nava Mau is a Mexican-American filmmaker, actress, and cultural worker. Mau was born in Mexico City however was raised in San Antonio, Texas. In 2018, Nava wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the short film "Waking Hour," which screened in festivals around the world. She was selected as a Production Fellow on the Netflix documentary "Disclosure," and she appears next as a series regular on the HBO Max series "Generation." For 8 years, Nava worked in the fields of healing justice and culture change with community-based service providers, student organizations, and survivors of violence. Her long-term vision is to illuminate the stories of marginalized people in order to transform their access to resources.