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A Journey Through The Music Of The Oscar-Nominated Film 'Roma'

Roma director Alfonso Cuarón handpicked artists to make music inspired by the characters from his Oscar-nominated film. The results are stunning.
Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo, Marco Graf as Pepe, and Daniela Demesa as Sofi in <em>Roma</em>, written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón.

There is no denying the impacthas had on the movie going public on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border. The story of a young indigenous woman and her life as a live-in care taker for a middle class Mexican family in, who based his film off his own life experiences growing up in Mexico City.

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