Off the Record: Julia

In ‘Off the Record: Julia’ we meet Julia Arroyo – a woman committed to shaping the world her 13 year old daughter is entering into a better place than the world she inhabited at 13.

Julia is a gifted Aztec dancer, a devoted counselor and advocate, and is deeply committed to her personal and spiritual evolution.

She uses her lived experience to help lift other young women out of the street economy and reach their full potential.

DEFENDER: Off the Record – our new series from The Adachi Project – challenges the notion that the 'official record' tells the whole story. Each film introduces our subjects as full people, whose lives transcend their experience with the justice system, and who each have found a form of expression and liberation through an art-making or cultural practice.

Visit wearedefender.com/offtherecord-julia – where you can take a deeper dive into Julia’s story by reading the essay that SF Public Defender’s policy director, Carolyn Goosen, wrote to accompany the film.

See the other Off the Record episode here: wearedefender.com/offtherecord-prezi

CREDITS –

Director: Aurora Brachman

Creative Studio & Production, Post: Even/Odd

The Adachi Project: Even/Odd, SF Public Defender, Compound

Feat. Julia Arroyo

PRODUCTION (EVEN/ODD)

Creative Director: Mohammad Gorjestani

Producer: Sabrina Sellers, Aurora Brachman, Henry Kinder

PA: Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo

EVEN/ODD

Founders & EPs: Malcolm Pullinger, Mohammad Gorjestani

Managing Director: Justin Lomax

Senior EP: Alli Maxwell

Head of Production: Taylor Feltner

Business Affairs: Hannah Fariss

Production Coordinator: Dee Harper

SF PUBLIC DEFENDER’S OFFICE

Public Defender: Mano Raju

Chief Attorney: Matt Gonzalez

Assistant Chief Attorney, Training + Operations: Hadi Razzaq

Assistant Chief Attorney, Confront + Advocate: Angela Chan

Director of Public Policy: Carolyn Goossen

Public Information Officer: Valerie Ibarra

COMPOUND

Founder: Santhosh Daniel

CAMERA

Director of Photography: Leo Maco

1st AC: Quan (Danny) Tran

Steadicam: Austin Fiare

SOUND

Audio Mixer: Rachel Saldivar, Henrique Campos (Ligeiro)

POST PRODUCTION (EVEN/ODD)

Head of Post Production: Rocco Campanelli

Editor: Aurora Brachman

COLOR AND SOUND (@Roast n post)

Post Producer: Crystal Villamayor

Colorist: Sean Wells

Sound Designer: Matt Wood

Re-Recording Mixer: Nick Kim

Titles: Alejandro Molestina

SPECIAL THANK YOU

Maya Davis

Oberon Strong

Videofax

Roast n’ Post

Bolt Lighting Rental

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