Author: Susana Darwin

Susana Darwin is a lifelong political activist and filmmaker who spent decades in Chicago developing cat-herding skills in educational and reference publishing and the law. In 2018, she moved with her wife to St. Petersburg, a notably film-supportive city, where she made her second and third short films. Longer (2020; 11 minutes) appeared in 28 festivals, and Flag Act (2023; 10 minutes) is currently on the festival circuit. She is at work on several short and feature-length screenplays, in addition to other forms of visual art and a novel.

  • The Painting

    BySusana Darwin

    Like an icon for some minor but ardently worshiped deity, the painting stands behind a giant molcajete of guacamole, its colors splashier even than patrons usually expect from a Mexican restaurant, the painting, that is; the guacamole is just green. “That’s got to have a dozen avocados,” she says aloud, and although no one can hear her, the canvas vibrates lightly with her words. “This party is going to be a real wingding. Unless guacamole is all there is.” She watches as the two that brought her…