Haunted by inherited memories, a pregnant scientist must undo an ancestral curse that threatens to kill her and her unborn child.

 

Madrina - Short Film - Completed

A young woman stirs up deep resentment in a failed attempt to reconnect with her estranged family for Christmas. Realizing she may never "go home" again, she forms a bond with migrants seeking refuge in her city.

 

¡Love You Mucho! (Short Documentary) - In Production

¡Love You Mucho! is a documentary film that celebrates the joys of family, culture, and filmmaking through multiple generations of a Puerto Rican family that set up roots in the Chicagoland area.

 

The Last Election & Other Love Stories - Feature Documentary - Completed

From sunrise November 3, 2020, to sunrise November 4, 2020, amateur podcasters Khadim Diop and Xisko Monroe interview strangers on the streets of Times Square in anticipation of the 2020 Presidential Election.

 

Lejos de Aquí - Short Film - In Development

A young woman stirs up bitter resentment in an attempt to reconnect with her estranged family at Christmas. Realizing she may never “go home” again, she forges a kinship with migrants seeking refuge in her city.

 
Photo by J. Wakamaya Carey 2017

Photo by J. Wakamaya Carey 2017

A La Tumba - In Development

In a Latin American country on the brink of revolution, a desperate farmer must risk everything to save her daughter’s life.   A La Tumba is a feminist Caribbean western about revenge and redemption.

 

Family Medicine - Pilot Script

After another devastating hurricane hits the island, an eccentric Puerto Rican farmer on a mission to find the next generation of healers moves in with his know-it-all daughter and young grandson in Chicago in order to teach them to use the powers they've inherited to help save the world.

 
Photo by J. Wakamaya Carey 2016

Photo by J. Wakamaya Carey 2016

American Thief - Completed Feature

A secret plot to derail the 2016 presidential election connects a teen hacker seeking revenge, a rogue conspiracy vlogger searching for truth, and a mysterious artificial intelligence programmer who knows too much.

Writer/Director Miguel Silveira, Written/Producer by Michel Stolnicki, and Writer/Co-Producer Missy Hernandez. 

 
 

Leonard Peres - Short Film

Leonard Peres is a Cuban-American professor teaching a class on Latin American history at a university. In the middle of his lecture on the Cuban Revolution, he suffers a stroke. While his physical self remains in the classroom surrounded his students, his spirit goes elsewhere. Straddling this strange place between life and death, as he  searches for the one thing that calls him home.

Directed and Edited by Missy Hernandez. Written and Produced by Suzanne Correa Andrews. Leonard Peres screened at CineFestival 2015, Cine Las Americas 2015, and the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival 2014.

Photo by Zach Sullivan

Photo by Zach Sullivan

 
Photo by Hernan Jimenez

Photo by Hernan Jimenez

Still - Short Film

Still is a short film about a young couple struggles to reconnect after the loss of their baby. Written, Directed, and Edited by Missy Hernandez in her first year of graduate film school, Still screened as part of the 2015 California Women's Film Festival and inspired Missy's feature script I Don’t Dream In Spanish Anymore.