From the Director, Paloma Valenzuela:

“The film is a short documentary (hybrid in a way with narrative parts as well) that traces back a family story from my mother's side: a story that set off a series of events that led my great grandmother to Cleveland ultimately saving her life, as just years later the rest of her family were sent off and killed in concentration camps in the Holocaust. I want to tell this story because I think this is a powerful story that many families can relate with -- in terms of looking back, tracing back and finding those moments that led us to even still being here today. There is no doubt in my mind that if my Great Grandmother, Jewish-Hungarian woman from the town of Marghita wasn't thrust into a move to the United States before the war took millions of lives - we would not be here today.

As a Jewish woman of color, and one of only 2 in my family on my mother's side I also want to tell the story from my perspective- giving myself permission to tell this story, even if I can feel sometimes "othered" as a Jewish woman, I am a proud Jewish-American who is also part Afro-Caribbean/Dominican/Latina and this is my story too.

The film is called ‘The Seltzer Factory’”

Coming the Summer of 2023!