Writer, Actor, Director

 "From a young age, I knew that storytelling  
had the power to protect my family & get me  
free push-pops from the local liquor store."  
- Rosa Navarrete   

Los Angeles, 90's

Fellowship News

CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge 2022

Projects

ELLAY, Co-Creator
LA Skins Film Festival (2022)
Los Angeles Black Film Festival (2022)
Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival (2022)
Peachtree Village International Film Festival (2022)

A'we De Ya, Co-Creator & Editor
Winner, Best Screendance Film Denton Black Film Festival (2022)

Sippin' , Director

The Train (series), Writer & Director
LA SKINS Festival (2021)
LIFE Film Festival (2022)

Puta, Director
LIFE Film Festival, Los Angeles CA (2022)
Señorita Cinema, Houston TX (2022)

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• Writing​​​​​

  • 2022 CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge announced in Variety Magazine! 

  • 2021-2022 Justice for My Sister BIPOC Sci-Fi Screenwriting Lab finalist. Completed "OCCUPIED" pilot draft with support of mentor Vickie Ponce!

  • Untitled Feature Film project in collaboration with Keith Sam (Fall 2022)

• Acting​

• • Rio Grande Anthology by Josie Nerrico​. Directed by Roberta Martinez. Episode 4. Watch here!

• Directing​​​​

  • Confessions to the Moon written by Lauren Ballesteros is production! Follow on IG @matriarchyfilms to see our BTS.

  • Sippin' written by Gilbert Salazar is complete! Follow on IG @sippin_short_film. Screening to TBA.

• Community​​​​​ ​​​​

  • Casa 0101 Theater & Invertigo Dance Theatre  presents BAILA CONMIGO - a bilingual dance class for elders and adults who want a little more movement and joy in their lives. Fridays 1:30 p.m. (PST) at Casa 0101. Info rosa@invertigodance.org.

Watch Now

The Art of Being Brown 

Written & Directed by Rosa Navarrete & Sami Cubias
DP: Lucía Sanchez/Lux Nueve

Actors: Sami Cubias, Rosa Navarrete, and Alex Bonte

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Featured at the Immigration Symposium for UC Berkeley's Undocunation movement (2013)