17 Year Old Filmmaker & Actor Malu Leal | Talk About It With Franjez Podcast Episode 165

This week on Talk About It with Franjez Podcast, host Franjez sits down with Foxy Award winning filmmaker and actor Malu Leal. Malu opens up about growing up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, moving to Florida and then New Jersey at just fifteen years old, and never returning home. She shares how a spontaneous school placement test changed the course of her life, how theater helped her find belonging after facing bullying in a new school, and how her short film The Weight of You, which raises awareness about depression, has already attracted sponsors like Staples and a meeting with AMC. Malu also talks candidly about grief, family, faith, and her dream of attending USC film school to become a director and screenwriter, with a long term goal of creating opportunities for talented kids in Brazil who never had the chances she found in America. New episodes of Talk About It with Franjez Podcast premiere every Wednesday at 6pm on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. #MaluLeal #FoxyAwards #BrazilianFilmmaker