AdeRisa Productions

We Make Films in a Good Way

AdeRisa Productions is a California Limited Liability Company founded by Adelina Anthony and Marisa Becerra in July 2012. We have primarily worked on Tongva and Chumash lands.

Our indie company immediately went into short film production in October 2012, producing Forgiving Heart (written & directed by Adelina Anthony) and Executive Producing The Good Kind (written & directed by Ofelia Yánez).

We invest in stories and characters living at the intersections of race/ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, spirituality, and much more. We know our character-driven films represent the beauty, complexity, nuance, and resilience of our communities.

We hope our films help foster critical dialogue in the home, online, amongst friends and strangers, and, especially, in classrooms where the next generation of artists are sharpening their minds, hearts, and skillsets.

We always welcome young and emerging talent. We continue to work with professionals from our communities—in front of and behind the camera—with an aim to create intergenerational production sets.

We support our teams with a sustainable work model. The majority of our production days do not to exceed 10 hours of work; and we feed our teams well during our one-hour lunch break.

Our production sets work against racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, classism, and any other behavior that disrupts the harmony and purpose of our work together. While misunderstandings may occur on any production set (and are dealt with professionally and immediately when brought to our attention)—an egregious remark or action that creates intentional harm is never tolerated.

For this reason, we interview everyone who joins our production sets (references matter). During our interviews, all parties are made aware of the purpose of our work together and the expected co-creation of a space grounded in respect, reciprocity, rigor, and shared values.

Since 2012, we have maintained the presence of our Spiritual Elder on set, nancy Chargualaf martin. Chargualaf begins our productions with ritual to honor the land and its original native peoples. We take time to acknowledge everyone in our gathered circle. Moreover, Chargualaf is a Reike and licensed physical massage therapist who cares for our crews and cast during production with traditional medicines. Our actors are never allowed to leave our sets after an emotionally triggering scene without first being grounded back into their bodies. In 2013, we introduced Chargualaf with a Spiritual Elder on Set title on IMDB and have done so ever since.

As Xicanx peoples, we look to our indigenous pasts to nurture a present-day production set that envisions our thriving futures. Fundamentally, we aim for our process together to be as healing as the medicine intended for our cinematic offerings.

We our thankful for all of our production sets that have allowed us to grow with them. We give especially give thanks to our ancestors, our collaborators, our communities, and our grant funders who invest in our vision and evolving praxis.