87 - Sylvia Ray "The Vote" & Angel Ruvalcaba "Driftin' On A Memory"

This week, we’re talking with two outstanding filmmakers from this year’s 2025 Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival. 

Sylvia discusses her film, The Vote, a powerful and gripping drama that’s screening with LADFF on Sunday, August 24th at the Laemmle NoHo 7. 

The Sunday block of shorts is called Las Ángeles, and it will feature five incredible filmmakers who were affected by the Eaton fires in Altadena this year. LADFF will donate a portion of the ticket sales for this block to the World Central Kitchen. 

We also interviewed Angel Ruvalcaba about his deeply personal and heart-wrenching film, Driftin’ On A Memory. You can see this film with us on Saturday, August 23rd, at the Laemmle NoHo 7.

Both Sylvia and Angel also partake in a Gimme Three segment, where they each share three film recommendations.

Join us at LADFF 2025, where you can see both of these fantastic films. 

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