Queen Moorea
[Screens Jan. 23 at 5:25 p.m. at Treasure Mountain Inn, 255 Main Street, Park City, Utah, as part of the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival that runs Jan. 20-29; for more information, log on to http://slamdance.com.] Christine Fugate's inspirational, insightful, down-to-earth, candid, 27-minute documentary that follows ambitious, charming, 17-year-old Asian-American Moorea Howson, who lives with her parents (Robert and Kris Howson) in Laguna Beach, Calif., and was born with Williams Syndrome that causes cardiovascular issues and learning challenges, over a six-year period after she was crowned homecoming queen and as she works to be accepted despite her disabilities, attends vocational school and community college, starts a job, and dreams of working in the medical field and consists of commentary by best friend Arianna Nugent, 13-year-old sister Jade, teacher Mindy Hawkins, boyfriend Matt, and friend Jordan Singer.
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