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March 17,
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Almodovar Releases
New Film in Spain
MADRID,
Spain (AP) - Pedro Almodovar's film ``Bad Education'' made its
debut - an opening that had been postponed after last week's
terrorist bombings....
For the full text of this story,
click
here.
Nickelodeon
Orders 'Dora' Spinoff
AP - Tue Mar 16, 4:48 PM
ET
A spinoff of its hit cartoon "Dora the
Explorer" and a comedy that stars Julia Roberts' niece are
among nine new programs ordered by Nickelodeon for next
season.
Film depicts U.S.-Mexico border
guard
By
Mark Olsen (re-printed courtesy of The LA
Times)
Fueled by passion and politics,
writer-director-producer-star John Carlos Frey gives "The
Gatekeeper" an urgency and sense of purpose not entirely
unlike Tom Laughlin's man-alone landmark "Billy Jack." Frey's
film concerns a U.S. Border Patrol guard at the
California-Mexico border who, fueled by self-loathing
regarding his own Mexican American heritage, becomes involved
with a militia-like anti-immigration organization. When a plan
for the guard to cross the border as part of a publicity stunt
for the group goes awry, he finds himself trapped in a world
of drug cartels and forced labor while struggling to survive.
He comes to learn firsthand the suffering and difficulties of
the immigrant experience and gains a new perspective on
himself, his life and his country.
Made for only about
$200,000, "The Gatekeeper" was nevertheless able to gain
permission to actually shoot right along the real border
fence. As further evidence of the film's verisimilitude, a
remote barn dressed to look like a crystal-meth lab for the
film was nearly raided by police on an off-day of shooting.
Though at times a bit overheated, the film has what critic
Jonathan Rosenbaum called "an unvarnished clarity" in its
steadfast, low-budget idealism and maintains the pure-beating
heart of a classic B-picture programmer. In trying to deal
with close-to-home contemporary issues, Frey has managed to
create a film that is, if not exactly great cinema, strangely
alive and affecting, more than the sum of its
parts.
Having played the festival circuit since late
2002 (and picking up a shelf-ful of awards along the way), the
film is finally getting a small commercial release. Portions
of the box-office proceeds will be given to various charities,
and on opening weekend there are a number of benefit
screenings scheduled.
GateKeeper
screens at select LA area Laemmle Theatres on Friday,
March 19th from 12.am to 12 a.m. For more information:
323-656-1619.
john@gatekeeeperfilm.com
http://www.gatekeeperfilm.com
Drama que hace sonreír a
Carbonell
El actor aparece esta noche como
personaje principal en la nueva serie ‘Century City’ de
CBS
Antonio
Mejías-Rentas
Editor de Espectáculos
16 de marzo de
2004
En una escena de Century City, Néstor
Carbonell tiene un diálogo en español con su compañero de
reparto, Héctor Elizondo. Ambos hacen de principales —uno
veterano y el otro novato— en un bufete de abogados en Los
Angeles en el año 2030.
Latin
American countries unite to protect their film
industries
Common film fund, attempt to make film
'cultural exception' in world trade high on the agenda of
Mercosur meeting.
BENEFIT TRIBUTE TO
CHICANO LITERARY ICON RAUL SALINAS AT SELF HELP, MAR.
21
Smoking Mirrors Studios and Edicions Arte
Riff-Raff extend LA-area residents a cordial
invitation to a benefit fundraiser and birthday salute in
honor of poet/activist raulrsalinas, a granduncle of Chicano literature who has
shared podiums and microphones with everyone from Pedro Pietri
and Miguel Pinter to Oscar Zeta Acosta and Ernesto Cardinal.
Salinas was also featured in the documentary "Texas
Voices" by NALIP member Ray Santiestban. Join us for an
unforgettable evening titled:
FROM
BEBOP TO HIP-HOP:
A
Latino Spoken Word/Music/Media Celebration in Honor of
Literary
Pioneers, Cultural
Warriors
and Community Elders
&
Birthday
Salute to Legendary
XicanIndio
Poet raúlrsalinas
(be.
March 17, 1934)
Sunday,
6:30 PM
March 21st, 2004
Self-Help
Graphics
3802
E. Cesar Chavez
Los
Angeles, CA 90063
$5
Donation
For
more info call 323.888.9660. The event will be videotaped for
a documentary project on Raul's life in jazz, beat poetics,
the American Indian Movement, prison activism and workshops
for youth in and out of juvenile detention facilities as well
as community centers nationwide. Special guests to include
members of Culture Clash and spoken word artists from Basement
Nation.
LEGENDARY MEXICAN DIRECTOR ARTURO RIPSTEIN
GUEST CURATOR AT 2004 SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM
FESTIVAL
* Buy your tickets today at
MadstoneTheaters Hazard Center or on-line at:
http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/tick.html
* San Diego Premier
of LA VIRGIN DE LA
LUJURIA, (March 19, 7:00 PM)
Media Arts Center San Diego's Eleventh
Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 11-21) is proud
to present the critically acclaimed and legendary Mexican film
director, Arturo Ripstein as this year¹s "Guest
Director." The
San Diego Latino Film Festival is presented
by the Southern
California
Lincoln Mercury Dealers
(http://www.lincoln.com/).
Ripstein, grew up with the Mexican
film industry as the son of commercial film producer, Alfredo
Ripstein, and the assistant of screen legend, Luis Buñuel. At
age 21, Arturo Ripstien directed his first film, TIEMPO DE MORIR,
written by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez and Carlos Fuentes.
His distinguished career includes well known films such
as PROFUNDO
CARMESI (Deep Crimson), and EL CORONEL NO TIENE QUIEN LE
ESCRIBA (No One Writes to the Colonel). His
critically acclaimed works have been shown at major film
festivals around the globe like Cannes, Venice,
and Berlin.
As "Guest Director", Ripstein has
selected three films to screen which he says have inspired and
influenced his work:
** Luis Buñuel¹s, NAZARIN
at 6:00 PM Thursday,
March 18
** Frederico Fellini¹s LA DOLCE VITA (1960)
at 12:00 PM , Saturday March
20
** Kurosawa¹s THE SEVEN SAMURAI
(1954) at 12:00 PM , Sunday
March 21
Ripstein will host the three
screenings and will be available for a special question and
answer session following each film.
Ripstein¹s latest film, LA VIRGIN DE LA
LUJURIA, (The Virgin of Lust) will also screen at
this year¹s festival on Friday, March 19th at
7:00 PM. Ripstein will
be present at this viewing. Buy a ticket at the Madstone
Theaters box office or on-line at:
http://www.presaleticketing.com/customer/510780205539/show_event?event_id=2431
Don¹t miss this amazing opportunity to
meet Arturo Ripstein and see the classic films which impacted
his work. Click here
(http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/guests_drctr.html) to learn more
about Mr. Ripstein and why he chose to curate NAZARIN, THE SEVEN SAMURAI, and LA DOLCE
VITA.
All screenings and presentations
with Arturo Ripstein will take place at Madstone
Theaters Hazard Center (off 163 Freeway on Friars Rd). For
more information visit the festival website at
http://www.sdlatinofilm.com or call 619-230-1938.
Media Arts Center San Diego Inc.,
921 25th Street, San Diego, CA 92102, TEL:
619-230-1938, FAX: 619-230-1937, ethan@mediaartscenter.org, www.mediaartscenter.org
Videoteca del Sur esta
solicitando obras audiovisuales para exhibir en la
programacion de Videoteca
del Sur de La Habana, Cuba, y en Nueva York si se
cuenta con copia subtitulada al ingles.
Fundada
en 1989 en la ciudad de Nueva York, Videoteca del Sur es una
institución sin fines de lucro dedicada a la promoción y
difusión del cine y vídeo latinoamericano. Esta iniciativa de
exhibicion semanal ha permitido dar a conocer una gran
cantidad de artistas y sus obras muchas de las cuales son
requeridas por festivales, eventos y distribuidores que siguen
su programación.
Desde el 2001 mantiene una sede en la
ciudad Cuba, en colaboración con el ICAIC, con una
programación semanal –cada miercoles- donde cada proyección va
acompañada de charlas con los más importantes críticos e
intelectuales. Recientemente Videoteca del Sur inauguro
un sebsede en la ciudad de Camaguey.
Para mas
informacion visite www.videotecadelsur.org
Favor de enviar sus copias en formato DVD,
miniDV o VHS (NTSC) optima calidad a:
Videoteca del
Sur
Att.: Liza Rosas
84 East 3rd Street, 5-A
New
York, NY 10003-9253
videlsur@mindspring.com
The Digital Arts Entertainment Lab
Proudly presents:
The Mirror Project Self and
society through video
March 17th Student Center
Auditorium, 7pm
Georgia State University
44
Courtland St. Atlanta 1st Floor Lobby Level
Admission is
free!
The Mirror Project
debuts in Atlanta.
ATLANTA
— The Mirror Project, a 12-year-old social documentary project
founded in Boston, is scheduled to premiere with the screening
and discussion of three films March 17 at Georgia State
University. Colombia-born Roberto Arévalo founded the project
in 1992 to explore social documentary and its links to social
change. He relocated it recently to the Digital Arts and
Entertainment Laboratory at Georgia State. "A major focus of
our work is teaching urban youth how to create documentary
videos about their everyday experiences," says Arévalo.
"Typically, access to the skills, tools, and resources
necessary for making documentaries is concentrated in the
hands of a few, but I want to create awareness about the lives
of people who, though they may live near one another, remain
strangers because of ethnic, cultural, age or socio-economic
barriers."
Arévalo will present three films
representing the philosophy, methodology and development of
the Mirror Project at 7 p.m. March 17 in the
Speaker’s Auditorium of the Georgia State University Student
Center (corner of Courtland and Gilmer streets).
The First Film is "Carlos’ Way" a
documentary made by a youth participant in The Mirror
Project. Twelve year old Daniel DeLeon videotaped his
twelve-year old friend Carlos at Somerville Housing
Development in Somerville Massachusetts. He
takes his audience on a journey of humor and pride as he
shares his family history and neighborhood.
The second film, "Porvenir", shows the
pioneering work of The Mirror Project founder Roberto Arévalo,
Filmed in his native Colombia (Spanish with
English Subtitles). "Porvenir", which means
"future," is the name of a rural mountain village on the banks
of the Magdalena River in Colombia. "The uneven flow of the
river reflects the pulse of its 400 inhabitants. Adobe houses,
a dirt road, cotton fields and goats make up the daily
landscape. A vibrant community thrives against all odds.
The third documentary will be the
premiere of "La
Vision". In this work, Arévalo turns the
camera on those accustomed to being behind it: Fiona
Buttigieg, Brittany Lunsford and Hadley Breckenridge, three
GSU photography students. "In ‘La Vision,’ the observer
becomes the observed," says Arévalo. "My obvious presence in
this documentary calls the audience to remember that videos
are as much about the maker as they are about their subjects."
Video stills are available upon
request.
Contact: Roberto Arévalo
Phone:404-651-0574
roberto@mirrorproject.org
www.mirrorproject.org
ENTRY
DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2004
12th
Annual Festival ¡Cine Latino!
The San Francisco Latino Film
& Digital Video Festival
SAN
FRANCISCO – Cine Acción seeks film & video works that
reflect the experiences and diversity of Latino, Latin
American & Caribbean communities to be showcased at the
12th Annual Festival ¡Cine Latino!™ We encourage entries from
emerging, independent and industry filmmakers throughout the
US as well as Latin American countries. This year’s
festival will be held on September 15th –19th, 2004 at The
Victoria Theatre in San Francisco, CA.
Categories:
Latino, documentary, feature, short, experimental, animation
Formats: 35mm, 16mm, Beta SP, MiniDV & DVD. Screeners
on VHS or DVD
Entry Fee: $30 which includes one-year
membership in organization
Guidelines
and Entry Form available at http://www.cineaccion.com/guidelines2004.html
Festival
¡Cine Latino! is organized and presented by San Francisco
based Cine Acción. Cine Acción is a public interest
corporation created in 1980 for the purpose of encouraging the
production, distribution and understanding of independent
Latino cinema. Today, the organization is also dedicated to
the increased participation and education of Latinos in all
levels of film, television and new media industries.
For
more information contact:
Cine Acción, 2940-16th Street,
Suite 107
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 553-8135 or info@cineaccion.com.
2004 Fox Writer’s
Initiative
The
FOX Entertainment Group (hereinafter “FOX”) continues its
campaign to identify and support promising writers from
diverse backgrounds. Since 2001 FOX has funded a Writers
Initiative to provide training and guidance for those writers
who have little experience in television but hope to break
into the industry. We provide enrollment in the six-week
Writer's Bootcamp program in Los Angeles, and a one-on-one
relationship with Fox Diversity executives who try to assist
the writer in gaining employment on a television
series.
In
2004 Fox will initiate the next chapter of its annual program
whereby TV “spec” scripts submitted by Writers Initiative
applicants are evaluated by professional readers who
understand the FOX standard. The readers comment on elements
such as structure, character, dialogue and whether the writer
demonstrates a unique voice. The readers’ written evaluations
are delivered to Fox Creative Executives, who discuss which
writers may be of most interest to our company. The “specs” of
those writers are then read by the Fox CE’s and a group of
finalists are invited to meet with the Fox Diversity execs who
are supervising the process. From those finalists, up to 15
writers are selected to attend a writer’s workshop at Fox
expense and to begin an ongoing relationship with our company.
While admission to the Fox Writer's Initiative gives you no
guarantee of success, it is possible that it may lead you to
employment on a Fox show. It all depends on your talent,
timing and luck!
This
process has proven to be extremely successful. In our second
year of Writers Initiative, five of the fifteen finalists
selected for the program were hired as staff writers or
writer’s assistants on network TV series. We’ve helped other
newcomers to the industry to obtain representation from agents
or managers.
Continuing
to grow upon this success, FOX’s Diversity Development
Department will accept submissions for this year’s Writers
Initiative beginning January 1, 2004 through April 15,
2004.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION AND TO APPLY, go
to www.fox.com/diversity
and click on Writer’s Submissions. Remember, the deadline
for script submissions is April 15, 2004.
I
would like to announce that I am looking for a qualified
individual to cover my class "Latinas and Media" for Spring of
2005 while I am on sabbatical. The person needs a graduate
degree (MA, MS, JD,,etc) to teach at the college or university
level, but doctorate not mandatory. The pay would be at the
adjunct rate through the Institute for Puerto Rican and Latino
Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. UConn is
that great basketball school located outside of Hartford. We
are the flagship university of the state. You can send
inquiries to the secretary Anne at the Institute at prladm02@uconnvm.uconn.edu
or send questions to myself at diana.rios@uconn.edu.
Thanks, Dr. Diana Rios
Diana I. Rios,
Assoc. Prof.of
Communication Sciences & PRLS
Dept. Communication
Sciences, U-1085
University of Connecticut
Storrs,
CT 06269
860-486-3187 office
860-486-5422 dept.
fax
Alex
Mendoza
Alex
Mendoza & Associates
8835 Las Tunas
Drive
Temple City, CA
91780
626-614-8277
alexmend@aol.com
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