Creator & Writer
This industry-ready magical Latin-centric coming of age pilot is about a spunky 2nd Gen. Mexican-American who discovers her brujería bloodline, and must confront her heritage, musical powers, and Vatican-trained witch hunters with a generational grudge— all while trying to survive high school.
Bringing Up Bruja has won multiple awards:
- Austin Film Festival: Second Rounder
- Cinequest Film Festival: Quarter-Finalist
- The Golden Script Competition: Quarter-Finalist
- Finish Line Script Competition: Honorable Mention
Austin Film Festival, in particular, noted: “Bringing Up Bruja combines realism with fantasy to present the journey of a high schooler with supernatural powers and delve into themes like adolescence, religion, ethnicity, nationality, family, and tradition. There are other stories with magic, or otherworldly powers; However, Bringing Up Bruja‘s decision to draw from culture, folklore, and heritage to explain the powers while presenting universal topics like fitting in and growing up helps to differentiate it, while giving the series a world of content to explore.”
Currently developing project to bring to the screen.
Script, one-sheet, and full AFF coverage available upon request.
James Garza 