“Blue Sun” takes an escapist journey to the soul in order to figure out what love really means, what self-worth means and finding that inner validation of self-love.
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Altagracia Diamond Abreu
Diamond Abreu is a Latina filmmaker and writer from the Lower East Side who is passionate about representing people of color. She is currently studying film and media at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Prior to college, her first experimental short, Bullet Dreams, was featured at the Tribeca Film Institute's "Our City, My Story." Combining her powers of film and writing, she aims not only to encourage diversity, but also to be an inspiration to other women in the field.
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Why Obsessions Matter
I chose to write about how my obsession with comics books, which seemed the opposite of my personality, has allowed me to grow into who I am, both as a writer and as a person.