Filly Brown

Filly Brown is a 2012 drama film directed by Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos. It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won Best Feature Film at the 2013 Noor Iranian Film Festival.

Filly Brown
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Youssef Delara Michael D. Olmos
Written by	Youssef Delara
Produced by	Edward James Olmos
Starring	Gina Rodriguez Jenni Rivera Emilio Rivera Noel G. Kerry Norton Braxton Millz Joseph Julian Soria Chrissie Fit Lou Diamond Phillips Edward James Olmos
Cinematography	Ben Kufrin
Edited by	Eric R. Brodeur Youssef Delara
Music by	Reza Safinia
Production companies	Cima Productions Olmos Productions Silent Giant Entertainment
Distributed by	Indomina Releasing[1] Pantelion Films[2] (through Lionsgate[3])
Release dates	January 20, 2012 (2012-01-20) (Sundance) April 19, 2013 (2013-04-19) (United States)
Running time	101 minutes[3]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million[4][3]
Box office	$2.9 million[3]

The whole cast won the Special Achievement in Film award at the 2013 American Latino Media Arts Awards, or ALMA Award. The late Jenni Rivera was honored with a moment of silence.^[5] This was Rivera's first and only film before her death on December 9, 2012.

Cast

Cast & crew at the Miami International Film Festival premiere. From left: Michael D. Olmos, Edward James Olmos, Gina Rodriguez, Lou Diamond Phillips and Youssef Delara

• Gina Rodriguez as Maria José “Majo” Tenorio
• Jenni Rivera as Maria Tenorio
• Lou Diamond Phillips as Jose Tenorio
• Edward James Olmos as Leandro
• Emilio Rivera as Mani
• Noel Gugliemi as Big Cee
• Baby Bash as Caeser

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 45% based on 11 reviews, and an average rating of 5.5/10.^[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[7]