Cigarette Daydreams
Synopsis :
Cigarette Daydreams is about being stuck between the wedge of honoring and loving oneself despite the pain it might cause another. The pain is not intentional, though it remains inevitable (or so we think). In life, we tend to push for circumstances to be either black or white as there is comfort in boxes and binaries. To love another, and more specifically, choosing to love oneself is never that simple.
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Director & Producer
Summer Lee Cortes is a Latinx, Florida-raised, Chicago-based writer, director, and producer. Her films communicate vulnerability and the complexity of the human experience through storytelling and visual narratives. She is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Television Directing from Depaul University, intending to work collaboratively and grow as a creator. Summer believes Roger Ebert said it best, “The movies are like a machine that generates empathy.”