Sandoval’s previous films Senorita (2011) and Apparition (2012) served as stepping stones for Lingua Franca and since premiering at Venice, the filmmaker has left quite an impression with her distinct ...

2018 was a banner year for Lingua Franca. Designer Rachelle Hruska had created the label two years prior, after taking up embroidery to help manage her postpartum anxiety and depression. By then, its ...

What is it like to move through life under the Trump administration as a trans woman and a woman of color who's in the U.S. illegally? That is the question filmmaker Isabel Sandoval explores in her ...

In the new-to-Netflix film “Lingua Franca,” viewers follow the story of Olivia — played by the film’s director and producer Isabel Sandoval — a trans woman who recently immigrated from the Philippines ...

Is there a certain triumphalism about English these days? The language is viewed as so pervasive, so essential, in our ever-more-connected world, that it can only continue to dominate. Not so fast, ...

Rachelle Hruska MacPherson knows how to build a brand. The young entrepreneur launched the popular website Guest of a Guest with business partner Cameron Winklevoss in 2008, becoming sole owner in ...

Lingua Franca marks many firsts for filmmaker Isabel Sandoval. Originally from the Philippines, the drama marks Sandoval’s first feature shot in the United States and it made history at the 2019 ...