I am Magic, Too by Pauline Scully

05/09/23 • 17 min

I AM MAGIC, TOO is about how my journey with grief and spirituality led to self-discovery and healing. I chose this particular story because i wanted to show the power and magic that comes with digging into your roots and understanding who you are. - Pauline Scully

Pauline Scully is your friendly neighborhood storyteller. She’s a small business owner, a director and a video producer. She has a deep appreciation for how one small story can make a massive impact. She believes that communication through narratives has the power to initiate change and shift perspectives. As a lifelong creative, she is grateful that everyday she gets to help others tell stories of all shapes and sizes and is finally learning how to begin telling her own.

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Facilitating the conversations are award-winning filmmakers and SDFC co-founders Benito Bautista and Emma Francisco Bautista, and Alicia de Leon Torres, Deputy Director of the Nemeth Foundation and SDFC Board Member. Sound design and edit by SDFC Technical Director, Miko Aguilar. Key art design by SDFC Communications & Social Media Manager, Tiara Liz Deriquito.
Nemeth Narratives is presented by The Nemeth Foundation in partnership with San Diego Filipino Cinema and New Americans Museum
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