LA MADRINA: THE SAVAGE LIFE OF LORINE PADILLA is a feature length documentary about a beloved South Bronx matriarch and former “First Lady” of the Savage Skulls gang struggling to remain visible in a rapidly gentrifying community she helped rebuild in the 1980s. Employing rich never-before-seen archives of the borough that gifted the world both salsa and hip-hop culture, we will go on a complex and surreal journey through five decades of Bronx history and resilience in LA MADRINA’s own words.