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'Vida' Brings Two Sisters Back To Their Old Neighborhood

The new Starz half-hour drama tells the story of two young women who learn a lot about their mother when they go home to deal with the consequences of her death.
Mishel Prada plays the returning daughter Emma in Starz' half-hour drama <em>Vida</em>.

The new Starz drama begins with what could be an ending: the death of a woman named Vidalia, who owned a building with a bar on the ground floor and apartments above. Her death means that her daughters, both of whom left the Los Angeles neighborhood long ago, must return to make arrangements — among other things, for the future of the building. Emma (Mishel Prada) lives in Chicago and works in business; Lyn (Melissa Barrera)

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