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Xiara's Song

Prison keeps them apart. Music holds them together.
Jun 19, 2005 · 36m
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PLOT

Xiara Trujillo is a precocious seven-year-old who moved from the Bronx to Maryland with her mom, Aracelli Guzman, four years ago. Though she seems happy hanging out and playing with her pal Melissa, Xiara becomes defensive and emotional when talking about her father, Harold Linares. As we see and learn, Harold is in jail serving a ten-year sentence for weapons possession; Xiara seems to blame his incarceration on her mother, whom she says "kept calling the police." Xiara, who has always been extremely close to her father, acts out with her mother.

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CAST

Xiara Trujillo
Herself
Aracelli Guzman
Herself
Directed by Liz Garbus

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Cinemax, Moxie Firecracker Films, HBO, HBO Documentary Films
Country
US

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