Mosquita Y Mari Film Analysis - 1448 Words

The film Mosquita y Mari directed and created by Aurora Guerrero is a coming of age story set about Huntington Park in the southeastern part of Los Angeles. It uses tense scenery that seeks to explore what it means to be in a romantic relationship versus a close friendship. Furthermore, upon legitimizing Yolanda and Mari`s relationship the film provokes the audience to ask the question, â€Å"If they are queer, what is keeping them in the closet?† This question is most effectively answered by examining how Yolanda and Mari`s ethnicity, locational, and immigrant descendant identities intersect to keep them in the closet. The films framework is centered around the exploration of sexuality, and although it is subtle the film implies that the two†¦show more content†¦If this was not a sexually charged act of intimacy, then why are they worried about being caught? This theme of what female intimacy is often portrayed in lesbian texts, for example the beginning of Stone But ch Blues by Leslie Fienberg wrestles with what it means to be intimate with a lover. Ze does this through the reoccurring descriptions about hir lover would take care of hir after traumatic experiences with police, â€Å"You drove us home with my head in your lap all the way, stroking my face. You ran the bath. Set out my fresh underwear. Put me to bed. Caressed me carefully. Held me gently† (5). This is a stark contrast from the often overtly sexual images of queers couples, even in films that are made for queer people. This overt sexuality when showing queer relationships is often a result of queer people feeling as though they must validate their relationships with sexual contact. An example of how this operates in real life is when young queer people who have no sexual experience getting asked â€Å"How do you know you are really gay if you have never had sex with a guy/girl?†. Furthermore, both Stone Butch Blues and Mosquita y Mari portray queer responses to livin g in a state that prevents queer people from being â€Å"out† of the metaphorical closet that the state has shoved them in. The â€Å"closeted† framework that the film is surrounded by causes the audience to inquire why Yolanda and Mari choose not to be more public with their affection. The answer is a result of the