Uncomfortably Comfortable (2020)

"The Ultimate Road Movie (in 13 minutes)." In this expressionistic, harrowing, funny, and ultimately uplifting diary, Myriah Rose Marquez shares what it means to be Uncomfortably Comfortable. Diagnosed with an undetermined illness at eleven years old resulted in the removal of her colon, appendix and most of her rectum. Still having to make ends meet, regardless of circumstance, she adapts to life in a van in Venice California. There she becomes a Co-Founder of GRLSWIRL, an all Womxn Skateboarding collective, dedicated to inclusion, philanthropy and female empowerment. In this film Myriah shares processing her life and tries to shift society's standards of compassion.