December 8, 2004

'CONFERENCE VI--CATCH THE LATINO WAVE'--NOW ONLINE!!!

NALIPsters:

The full program/schedule for the 6th annual national producers conference, "Catch The Latino Wave," details for the Scholarships programs (for those eligible), and guidelines for the new, hot-off-the-press initiative Latino Media Market (another great NALIP opportunity) are NOW online! Don't wait until later to become informed. Our membership rolls are up on a national level and so is the competition and demand for these opportunities. Don't get left out-of-the-loop due to procrastination. Do it now...  Link below.

We need a strong show of attendance during all our National programs. New York representing!!

http://www.nalip.org/conference2005/ConferenceVIPages/index.html

Edwin

NOTE: NALIP's website is currently being updated, so you may encounter pages with missing graphics, etc. But the entire content is there.

 

NALIP/NATPE OPPORTUNITY 2005

 
NALIP invites you to take advantage of the opportunities present at the NATPE 2005 Conference, being held at the Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas, from January 25th - 27th, 2005.
 
NATPE, the National Association of Television Programming Executives, is a global, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation, development and distribution of televised programming in all forms -- across all platforms and genres. The organization develops and nurtures opportunities for the buying, selling and sharing of content and ideas.  This year's Conference has already confirmed 2500 Exhibitors and Producers.  Ted Turner will give the keynote address.
 
As a result of NALIP's relationship with NATPE -- they were our longtime landlords;  former Membership Guru Abel Salas now runs their membership domain -- registration for this $700 event will come at an AMAZING discount of only $250 to IDA members.
 
To qualify, and receive the Promotional Code to Register for this invitation, Please call NALIP Membership Coordinator Jose Murillo at 310.395.8880.  He will confirm that your membership is current & will be current in January 2005.  Then you're good to go.
 
Another Great Opportunity:  If you have want to donate 40 hours of volunteer time (data entry, office work) at the NATPE Hollywood offices at 5757 Wilshire, you can earn a FREE registration.  Just call Abel Salas at 310.453-4440 x 253 for details.   
 
Please be aware that travel, accommodations and meals are the sole responsibility of participating members. 

NALIP's ANNUAL 'HOLIDAY MEDIA MINGLE' IS HERE! 

Dear NY NALIPsters:

On behalf of NALIP-New York's Board, Officers and Executive Committee Co-chairs, I would like to cordially invite you to join us on Friday, December 17th for our annual HOLIDAY MEDIA MINGLE!! As the year draws to a close, this a prime opportunity for us to get together to collectively kick back, celebrate our accomplishments, and share our goals and projects for the coming year with a little merryment, good wine and even better company.

Friday, December 17, 2004 - 6:30PM until 10:00PM - Snacks provided  (Cash Bar)

At PATIO - 31 Second Avenue, between 1st & 2nd Streets (New York City)
NALIP-New York's "official" downtown creative watering hole

BRING THE FUN & A FRIEND!

Download our invite at  www.nalip.org/newyork/images/media_mingle04.jpg and share it with a close friend or mediamaker.

NO RSVPs required, but please let us know if you intend to join us so that we can cater the snacks accordingly. Let us know at paganimage@aol.com.

We hope you can join us as we gather for the last time in 2004 as a growing, dynamic collective. We're gonna rock in 2005! All the best,

Edwin Pagan
President, NALIP-NY
paganimage@aol.com
917-653-2273
www.nalip.org/newyork

 

NALIP STORY ONLINE @ HISPANICBUSINESS.COM

 

Read a short piece about NALIP and its forthcoming national producers conference in Hispanic Business Online at --

http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/newsbyid.asp?id=19499

NPB ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 2004 OPEN CALL
 
NALIPsters:

Latino Public Broadcasting has just announced the 16 winners of their Open Call grants for 2004.

You can read the various regional statistics below in LPB's release, but one major statistic not shown is the fact that the majority of those selected to received LPB funding are NALIP members or affiliated, including our own regional members, Natalia Almada and Maria Agui Carter!
GO NALIPsters!!

And special thanks to Latino Public Broadcasting for their vision and hard work in administering this valuable opportunity. More on LPB here - http://www.lpbp.org/

We'll have to work harder in the coming year to bring the New York piece of the LPB pie above the current 12.5%. Congratulations to ALL the award recipients.

Edwin Pagan
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LATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTING ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF
THE SIXTH ANNUAL 2004 OPEN CALL
Final Selection Awards Sixteen Projects for Funding

Los Angeles, CA (November 4, 2004) - Latino Public Broadcasting is proud to announce the winners of the Sixth Annual 2004 Open Call, a competitive process where projects addressing Latino themes or issues of particular interest to Latino-Americans are chosen for funding. Sixteen projects have been selected out of one hundred-three applicants from across the United States. LPB Chairman, Edward James Olmos comments, "The extraordinary proposals we received this year are proof that there is a sense of urgency in the Latino community to tell our stories and make our voices heard. It is my pleasure to congratulate this year's winners."

Through proactive outreach, a large number of highly qualified applicants with remarkable and compelling proposals applied for funding, allowing LPB to increase the number of projects awarded from the previous year. "The quality of this year's awarded projects is a direct result of an artistic film community that is dedicated to showcase the most relevant aspects of the Latino culture," says Executive Director Luca Bentivoglio.
 
Every year LPB hosts an open call process for independent filmmakers to submit proposals for funding at various levels including research and development, production, post-production and outreach. LPB is especially interested in programs that provide thoughtful dialogue and impact-full
stories, giving voice to those not normally heard or seen.

Once proposals are submitted, a group of professionals working in public television and independent film reviews and critiques the proposals. The highest rated proposals are then brought before a panel that makes the final selection for funding. This year's panel was comprised of public television executives, local station managers and directors, academics, and other funding organization members.

Open Call awarded funding to 16 filmmakers and 63% of winners were women. California filmmakers dominated this year's open call with 50% of awarded submissions, followed by Texas (18.75%), New York (12.5%), Florida (6.25%), Massachusetts (6.25%) & Illinois (6.25%). Submissions from other states and territories included: Arizona, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, Minnesota, Kansas, Utah, Washington, Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico.


The 2004 awarded projects (alphabetically) are as follows:

Al Otro Lado
Producer/Director/Editor: Natalia Almada
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes

The Calling
Executive Producer: Daniel Alpert
Documentary Series, 4 Episodes/60 Minutes

Crossing Deadly Waters: The Last Hope for the American Dream
Producer: Josie Mejia Beeck
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes

The Devil's Miner
Producer/Director/Editor: Kief Davidson
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes

First Voice: Latino Literature in the U.S.
Producer/Director: Ray Santisteban
Documentary, 4 Episodes/60 Minutes

God Willing
Producer: Evangeline Griego
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes

Latinos: Beyond Black & White
Producer: Phillip Rodriguez
Documentary, 4 Episodes/60 Minutes

Letters from the Other Side
Producer: Heather Courtney
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes

Masked Men
Producer/Director/Writer: Carlos Avila
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes

Nuestra Familia/Our Family
Producer/Director: Oriana Zil De Granados
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes

Orozco: Man of Fire
Co-Producers/Directors: Rick Tejada-Flores & Laurie Coyle
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes

Rebel
Director/Writer: Maria Agui Carter
Documentary, 1 episode/ 60 minutes
Special Circumstances
Producer: Marianne Teleki
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes

A Texas Correction
Producer/Director: Susanne Mason
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes

Visions of Aztlan
Producer: Jesus Trevino
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes

When the Tide Comes In
Producer: Lourdes Portillo
Documentary, 1 Episode/60 Minutes
 
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!
 

CALL FOR 2004 DOCUMENTARY DGA AWARD NOMINATIONS

Director/NALIP Member Betty Kaplan is on the DGA Documentary nominating committee and asks NALIP members to submit their documentaries for consideration.   They are looking for excellence in story telling and style.
 
Films must have aired or been released in 2004.

In order to submit your film, or nominate another's, please call
Lorraine at the DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA at 310 289 2038.

"ESCAPING JUAREZ" NOW PLAYING IN NY

"Escaping Juarez," written and Directed and scored by NALIP member Elvira Carrizal and Richard Martinez, respectively, will be showcased at the El Museo del Barrio's Teatro Heckscher on December 11th and 12th. Here's another prime opportunity to show your fellow members work. Congratulations to Elvira and Richard for teaming up to collaborate on this important work/story that MUST be told and retold for the benefit of the women of Juárez, Mexico. Domestic abuse against women is a crime against humanity!!

Amnesty International presents "Escaping Juarez" production as part ofStop Violence Against Women campaign.

Written and Directed by: Elvira Carrizal, Director:escapingjuarez@yahoo.com
Music Composed by: Richard Martinez (www.lightbodymusic.com)

Presented by Voza Rivers, Executive Producer, and Jamal Joseph, Executive Artistic Director, of New Heritage Theatre Group based in Harlem.

Presented by New Heritage Theatre Group with Director Elvira Carrizal, award-winning playwright and Columbia University MFA film student,"Escaping Juárez," a dramatic play, will run December 11-12, 2004 at Teatro Heckscher of El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem.

From a border perspective, this story is about a young factory worker who gets kidnapped and fights to survive in Juárez, Mexico's underground world, starring Raquel Almazán, Daniel Irizarry, and Gladys Pérez.

Since 1993 over 400 women have been found dead in the desert in Juarez, Mexico the border town of El Paso, Texas. In a recent El Paso Times front-page article, Maria Lopez Urbina, the federal prosecutor investigating the Juárez women's slayings, said that criminal investigations should be launched against 100 Chihuahua law enforcement officers (October 26, 2004).

"Their faces are often disfigured, the skulls crushed. The autopsies sometimes reveal that they were kept alive for days before being killed," writes Alma Guillermoprieto in The New Yorker (Sept. 29, 2003).

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Teatro Heckscher of El Museo del Barrio                  $15 general admission
1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street)                         $10 students & seniors
New York, NY 10029
Tickets on sale at the Museum Shop
Tel: (212) 831-7272

Saturday, December 11, 2004 at 8PM
Sunday, December 12, 2004 at 5PM

This production received public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City, and JP Morgan Chase and is supported by Amnesty International and the Chicano Caucus at Columbia University. Original music by Richard Martinez, electronic music producer for the film FRIDA.

Lighting Design by Eric B. Cope, Set Design by Regina Smith, Costume Design by Milena Popov-Nena, Art & Graphic Design by Ronnie Dukes, Production Manager Diana Rivera, Stage Manager Alana Hollander, House
Manager Darryl T. Downing

Cox Communications adds Si TV to seven Southwest markets
Si TV, the English-language channel that targets young Hispanic viewers, signed a carriage deal with Cox Communications for seven markets in the Southwest, including Amarillo, Texas. The deal doubles the number of markets in which Si TV can be seen.

Mediaweek (12/3) 

Paul Rodriguez & Joey Medina Have A Stand Up Smash Success Show

Check out this review that came out this week.

Joey

www.JoeyMedina.com

http://www.sierrastar.com/past/11-24-04/112404chukchansi.html

 

The San Diego Latino Film Festival: Call for Entries
La Prensa San Diego Fri, 03 Dec 2004 12:19 PM PST
The Media Arts Center San Diego’s internationally recognized San Diego Latino Film Festival, soars into a second decade of impressive and exhilarating new activities, special events and initiatives for the upcoming year.

 

Concerns over Local People Meters haven't faded
The legal battle between Univision Communications and Nielsen Media Research over the reliability of Nielsen's Local People Meters may have ended, but some media companies are still worried that LPMs don't accurately measure audiences. At issue is whether LPMs overcount older, suburban viewers at the expense of younger, urban viewers.

Mediaweek (12/6)

 

Tulipanes director stepping down
The Holland Sentinel Tue, 07 Dec 2004 4:05 AM PST
After four increasingly successful Tulipanes festivals, founder Deborah De La Torre is resigning as executive director. "This was our best festival, and it was just unbelievable, and I think it's best to leave when you're on top," De La Torre said.

 

Local Latino entertainment channel in Los Angeles, looking for young, attractive bilingual hosts (male & female ages 18-25) for live variety show.    No prior experience needed but must be comfortable and confident on camera as well having a great personality.

Please send head shot and reel (if available) to the following address:

LATV
Attn:  Lupe Rodriguez Haas
2323 Corinth Ave.
Los Angeles, CA  90064

NEED  CREW

We need a contact for camera people: DP, AP, camera & lights  equipment rental. San Francisco is two days, Chicago 1-2 days (around the third week of December).

 

Format:  PAL. Two people traveling there only. 

CONTACT: Caroline Conejero  elduendeny@yahoo.com

THINGS WE LEARNED, OR WERE REASSURED OF,

WHILE FILMING THE DEVIL INSIDE

Part Two

Mis estimados compadritos y comadritas;

As threatened in previous issues of these ramblings, I have today Danny Rodríguez, chatting over Instant Messaging so we can all learn from the experience of filming THE DEVIL INSIDE.

Please excuse the typos and profanity that we may use, but wanted to give it to you all unaltered and as honest as we can do. Hope you all share with us in the learning experience.

So, fasten your seat belts, que vamos en curvas y sin frenos:

DannyRodriguez03:  ok
AlexMend:  so how we do this
DannyRodriguez03:  u tell me
AlexMend:  kind of an interview or just one our simple chats
DannyRodriguez03:  u tell me papi.......what would work better
AlexMend:  remember it is what WE learned from the experience
AlexMend:  so lets start
AlexMend:  danny say high to the readers of LITI
DannyRodriguez03:  high? come on?
AlexMend:  hi
DannyRodriguez03:  what kind of editor r u have you been smoking
AlexMend:  not in front of the kids
AlexMend:  not
AlexMend:  so take two
DannyRodriguez03:  high liti
DannyRodriguez03:  i mean HI
DannyRodriguez03:  should we start over
AlexMend:  nope we are on
AlexMend:  so danny what is the most important thing you learned filming THE DEVIL INSIDE
DannyRodriguez03:  WOW!!!
DannyRodriguez03:  i dont think there is just one thing that I can point out as most important
DannyRodriguez03:  but if anything,  i must say that just not to give up on my dream and vision, no matter what people would say or the circumstances that might come up......KEEP your head UP!
AlexMend:  when was the moment that you thought you will not going to be able to pull it up
DannyRodriguez03:  WOW!! another one of those questions.....well their was many times
AlexMend:  list them
DannyRodriguez03:  like not having a set cast 2 days before we had to travel to Mexico
AlexMend:  who dropped at the last minute?
DannyRodriguez03:  Having one of my main investors drop out 10 days before we had to head to Mexico
AlexMend:  ouch
AlexMend:  how you recovered from that one
DannyRodriguez03:  as for who dropped out, it was Sen Dog from Cypress Hill
DannyRodriguez03:  6 days before principal photography
AlexMend:  and B Real replaced him?
DannyRodriguez03:  next morning after that......Danny Trejo and Robert Parada (one of the producers) were having breakfast
DannyRodriguez03:  and who walks in, B-Real......
DannyRodriguez03:  he greets Trejo......
DannyRodriguez03:  and Trejo tells him ."So you want to be in a movie"
DannyRodriguez03:  and he said yes
DannyRodriguez03:  and the rest is history.....
DannyRodriguez03:  a producers dream come true....
DannyRodriguez03:  and there was no connection from us loosing SenDog to getting the lead rapper of Cypress Hill (BReal).......
DannyRodriguez03:  BReal was the ideal person for  the role but we always thought he was out of our reach
AlexMend:  so here is an example of how important is to have your friends at your side, here is one of your friends saving your skin when you needed it most
DannyRodriguez03:  yeah..and actually having a cast member that believes in the project and that has your back
DannyRodriguez03:  without Danny T there wouldn’t been no B Real
AlexMend:  tell me, the investor who pulled out, how you covered it his position in so short of a time?
DannyRodriguez03:  the respect that he commands is incredible
DannyRodriguez03:  I believed so much in the project
DannyRodriguez03:  and was not going to let anyone stand in my way so I went to my financing company that financed my home about 2 months ago
DannyRodriguez03:  and signed it off to them.....by the way the financing company its owned by a friend of mine
DannyRodriguez03:  so there is a lean against my house
AlexMend:  lien
DannyRodriguez03:  and i signed it off to his company
DannyRodriguez03:  yeah, i was going to spell check
DannyRodriguez03:  so thats were the first monies came from
DannyRodriguez03:  the hardest thing with monies for film is always getting those first monies
DannyRodriguez03:  after that everyone wanted to jump of the bandwagon
DannyRodriguez03:  with monies
DannyRodriguez03:  specially after the dailies started coming in
DannyRodriguez03:  who you
AlexMend:  now, i have told the LITI readers how more than two years ago, while we were having tequila and shrimps you told me "pinche alex, we must do a film in here". What was it of the location that attracted the most?
DannyRodriguez03:  many things
AlexMend:  like?
DannyRodriguez03:  first of all the sheer size of the resort
DannyRodriguez03:  it was enormous...
DannyRodriguez03:  walking those long hallways.....
DannyRodriguez03:  abandoned cafeteria, kitchens, rooms, cabins,
AlexMend:  did you have an idea of what the story was going to be?
AlexMend:  or that came later?
DannyRodriguez03:  no idea at the time
DannyRodriguez03:  i just thought in my head "The Shining part 2"
DannyRodriguez03:  and started to think of favors and resources i can call upon
DannyRodriguez03:  so i wanted Horror
DannyRodriguez03:  with action
DannyRodriguez03:  mainstream
DannyRodriguez03:  with a latin twist
AlexMend:  I know for a fact that you spent sometime, unsuccessfully, looking for a script that could be adapted to the location, when did you decided to write one from scratch?
DannyRodriguez03:  i knew what kind of genre i wanted
DannyRodriguez03:  who i had access to
DannyRodriguez03:  and to what I had access to
DannyRodriguez03:  so i would tell writers and directors to come up with ideas, synopses and treatments
DannyRodriguez03:  and they would even take trips down to the resort
AlexMend:  for access you mean who will do it in spec?
DannyRodriguez03:  and come back with ideas
DannyRodriguez03:  no.
DannyRodriguez03:  access as far as talent was concerned
DannyRodriguez03:  one of my friends knew Danny Trejo
DannyRodriguez03:  so I wanted to make him the lead
DannyRodriguez03:  but i would tell writers that I wanted to make Danny T the lead, hero, that the audience would cheer for
DannyRodriguez03:  and that’s actually what he liked about the project
AlexMend:  so this is an unusual way to develop a film. First you started with the location, then with your lead and then you built the story around those two elements?
DannyRodriguez03:  i also had access to Joey Medina
DannyRodriguez03:  Elika Crespo
AlexMend:  don't tell me, a friend who knew him
DannyRodriguez03:  na
DannyRodriguez03:  all of this guys i knew direct
AlexMend:  so what happens with the popular belief that story is king?
DannyRodriguez03:  na...
AlexMend:  in your case sounds that the package elements were in place before the story was.
DannyRodriguez03:  i think that what works for me might work for many people
DannyRodriguez03:  and its something that i learned
DannyRodriguez03:  its about creating a project AROUND the resources and favors you might have access to
DannyRodriguez03:  and working as that being the base of your project
AlexMend:  so this teaches me that the puzzle (film) not necessarily gets puts together from the frame (story) first.
AlexMend:  and that to put together the puzzle you don't need to have al the pieces at once
AlexMend:  well, here we go, something valuable learned
AlexMend:  lets not bore our readers and continue this in the near future
AlexMend:  now say nite nites, take your warm milk and go to bed
DannyRodriguez03:  ok......this is NADA
DannyRodriguez03:  there is much more craziness in "The Devil Inside"
DannyRodriguez03:  from water and power going out, to doctors on set, to mexican swat team, to mutinies...
DannyRodriguez03:  all on the next episode
DannyRodriguez03:  haha
AlexMend:  no shameless plugs here, danny. we will continue folks, so do not change the channel, WE will be back...
DannyRodriguez03:  ok Alex
AlexMend:  gracias mijo, besos
DannyRodriguez03:  take care.......
AlexMend:  and cut...
DannyRodriguez03:  and please dont let me get started on Alex
AlexMend:  AND CUT!

 

Alex Mendoza

Alex Mendoza & Associates

AMARTE Design & Digital Printing

9513 Longden Avenue

Temple City, CA 91780

626-614-8277

alexmend@aol.com

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