Nava Mau

Nava Mau

Born: May 14, 1992
in Mexico City, Mexico
Nava Mau is a Mexican-American filmmaker, actress, and cultural worker. Mau was born in Mexico City however was raised in San Antonio, Texas. In 2018, Nava wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the short film "Waking Hour," which screened in festivals around the world. She was selected as a Production Fellow on the Netflix documentary "Disclosure," and she appears next as a series regular on the HBO Max series "Generation." For 8 years, Nava worked in the fields of healing justice and culture change with community-based service providers, student organizations, and survivors of violence. Her long-term vision is to illuminate the stories of marginalized people in order to transform their access to resources.

Movies for Nava Mau...

Title: Baby Reindeer
Character: Teri
Released: April 11, 2024
Type: TV
When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives.
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Swing and Sway
Title: Swing and Sway
Character: Self
Released: November 16, 2023
Type: Movie
Two friends respond to the challenges of the present by connecting through a playful provocation. Separated by America’s hemispheres, one in Brazil and the other in the U.S, they communicate strictly through video letters during a year. As a rule, each letter is formally and thematically inspired by a woman experimental filmmaker. As life unfolds, they express on film what they want to share with each other: the experience of being a recent immigrant, the expectations of political elections in both countries, their fears and hopes, all while observing the different women around them.
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Work
Title: Work
Released: January 20, 2022
Type: Movie
Unable to move on from a breakup, Gabi, a queer Latina freelance editor, impulsively drops into an old job at an underground lap dance party, where she unexpectedly runs into a friend from her past.
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Title: Genera+ion
Character: Ana
Released: March 11, 2021
Type: TV
A group of high school students whose exploration of modern sexuality (devices and all) tests deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative community.
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Sam's Town
Title: Sam's Town
Character: Natasha
Released: April 24, 2020
Type: Movie
Sam and Maggie were best friends. Maggie's partner, also named Sam, always felt jealous of their emotional connection. After Maggie accidentally overdoses and dies, the two Sams are left to deal with the memory of a person they both loved in very different ways, and with their own relationship, which is further complicated when they wake up in bed together the morning after a celebration of Maggie's life.
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Femenina
Title: Femenina
Character: Nina
Released: September 5, 2019
Type: Movie
A dedicated boxer is forced to confront his sexuality after he begins training with and falling for a transgender woman.
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Waking Hour
Title: Waking Hour
Character: Sofia
Released: March 4, 2019
Type: Movie
A young trans woman is pursued by a potential lover at a party. As she balances concerns about her safety and her desire for intimacy, she must figure out what she wants before she can go for it.
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all the words but the one
Title: all the words but the one
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Maya and Santiago haven’t seen each other since their explosive relationship ended years ago, so neither is expecting to be sitting across from each other at a professional dinner with their new partners. Maya teeters through this minefield of delicate power dynamics as she relives some of her most painful and electric memories. Fighting dissociation and embodied trauma, she must stay focused on the dinner's high stakes for her partner, Jio, as both couples contend with their realities. The past and present collide, and Maya faces Santiago at last.