By Mary Chuy
Lourdes Colon was back in Chicago, IL to look in on her daughter Kristina, who up to two months before had been in a coma. The doctors had advised Lourdes that it would be best to disconnect Kristina from live support because her daughter would never come out of her coma. Lourdes refused to do it and was a constant at the hospital; there talking to her, willing her out of her coma and she miraculously come out of it.
Lourdes is used to defying the odds. While at the peak of her TV and film career, Lourdes was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Taking matters into her own hands Lourdes decided to take the alternative medicine route and to film her painful journey to recovery. The result was the award-winning documentary Create Option C: My Journey With Cancer. Lourdes believes in miracles, she is walking proof that they happen.
Latin Heat had the opportunity to speak with the talented and inspirational Lourdes who had much to share about her documentary and being there for her daughter as she fights her way back to a full recovery. Lourdes is so sure it will happen so she has decided to make that her next documentary.
After Kristina came out of her coma, Lourdes traveled to Los Angeles for her first screening of her documentary at the Los Angeles Women International Film Festival where it won Best Documentary. That was followed by a Best Documentary award in the Houston Encuentro Mundial de Cine as well as in Denver and New York.
Lourdes, who as an actress has appeared in several films and TV shows like Without a Trace, A Fine Line, The Journeys (Jourlinda), and Time Served, is really enjoying her producer duties. She is currently working on the theatrical release of the documentary which will be in both in New York and in the West Coast.
For this interview, Latin Heat writer (and photographer) Mary Chuy had special access to Kristina and Lourdes at the hospital where she interviewed both Mother and Daughter and where Mary Chuy was able to capture the lovely Lourdes in a photo shoot.
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Photographer’s Note: Photographing actress Lourdes Colon in a park near the house where she grow up in Waukegan, IL was inspiring, powerful and a blessing! she is simply a beautiful human being inside and out.
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