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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO
INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS RETEAMS WITH WGAE and NYILFF TO DEVELOP
NEW LATINO/A SCREENWRITING PROFESSIONALS
NALIP (National Association of Latino
Independent Producers) returns to New York with its Second
National Latino Writers Lab, starting Thursday, April 22. This four day
intensive brings 24 writers from around the nation to do
intensive development on works-in-progress, to meet with
agents and producers, and to have one-on-one mentoring with
leading industry professionals. NALIP’s Signature
program will be presented again with the support and
association of the Writers Guild of America East and the New
York International Latino Film Festival.
“Last year, we inaugurated this program to
develop Latino/a film and television writers,” says NALIP
Board Chair Frances Negron-Muntaner. “Writers represented
eight states and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and not only
matured their craft, but met producer/funders and were signed
by agents and managers.”
This year’s program was even more
competitive than in 2003: writers applied to be
invited to the New York Lab that will be directed by CBS Story
analyst and UCLA instructor Harrison Reiner. The Lab was also
expanded so that it includes 45 hours of seminar time,
professional lunches with producers, agents, WGAE execs and
entertainment attorneys, plus one-on-one mentoring sessions
with such writers as Alfredo de Villa, Chap Taylor, Carlos
Davis and Legiah Villalobos.
“The
Writers Guild of America, East is pleased to continue its
partnership with NALIP in co-sponsoring the Latino Writers Lab
in New York City. Our Guild is committed to extending its
resources to nurture writers from diverse backgrounds and
experiences to ensure their stories are told," states Herb
Sargent, President, Writers Guild of America,
East.
Sited midtown, at the Roger Smith Hotel,
NALIP’s Latino Writers Lab is sponsored by the hotel and the
WGAE, as well as the Rockefeller Foundation, the Ford
Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation. This
support brings instructor/mentors to New York including
Cari-Esta Albert (THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS), Tracy Poust
(“WILL & GRACE”), Kathy de Marco (UNDEFEATED) and Paul de
Souza, (LONE HERO), plus provides rooming scholarships for
out-of-town writers.
“More material and well-developed scripts
means two things:
more viable Latino/a projects for packaging and
production and more Latino/a writers ready to work on
assignments, rewrites, and series staffs,” says NALIP
Executive Director Kathryn Galan. “While Latino
representation on shows and features still hovers around the 2
– 4% level, NALIP will do anything possible to develop, expose
and support our talented writers.”
Writers selected this year:
Ricardo Acuña, Los Angeles, CA
Martin Aguilera, El Paso, TX
Emilia Anguita Huerta, Coral Gables,
FL
Anne Garcia-Romero, Santa Monica, CA
Sergio Guerrero, Santa Monica, CA
Cristina Kotz-Cornejo, Cambridge, MA
Paco Jose Madden, Washington, D.C.
Roberta Orona-Cordova, Winnetka, CA
Horacio Rodriguez, Los Angeles, CA
Raquel Almazán, Miami, FL
Janis Astor de Valle, New York, NY
Elvira Carrizal, New York, NY
Andre Degas, New York, NY
Alex Garcia, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Gavino, Lighthouse Point, FL
Maria Gonzalez, Cranbury, NY
Marta Masferrer, Long Island City, NY
Elisha Maria Miranda, New York, NY
Thomas Mournian, Los Angeles, CA
Nick Nuñez, New York, NY
Pablo Proenza,
Venice, CA
Carmen Rivera, Brooklyn, NY
Angel Hernandez Rivera, New York, NY
Danilo Rodriguez, New York, NY
ABOUT NALIP: Founded in 1999
by a group of Latino producers, educators and media activists,
NALIP is a national organization of industry, independent and
community producers dedicated to increasing the quality and
quantity of images by, for and about Latinos in the
media. NALIP's
mission is to promote the advancement, development and funding
of Latino and Latina film and media arts in all genres. NALIP is committed to
improving access and opportunities for Latino/as at all points
in the media production pipeline, including the training of
our next generation of media makers, and the support of
emerging and mid-career professionals.
For more information on NALIP, please go
to www.nalip.org. For more information on the Writers
Guild America East, please go to www.wgae.org. For more information on the New York
International Film Festival, please see www.nylatinofilm.com.
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protagonizada por Denzel Washington; está tan emocionada que
ya decidió estudiar inglés por si llega otro
papel
Emocionada hasta las lágrimas, la actriz
mexicana Carmen Salinas agradeció a la Virgen de Guadalupe, a
“Diosito Santo”...
Tales of Self-Distribution: "Robot
Stories," "Maestro," "The Gatekeeper," and "Superstar in a
Housedress" (by Rania Richardson, April
19, 2004)
The current crop of self-distributing
filmmakers is zeroing in on target niche markets to develop
audiences for their films. Charming and articulate, the
filmmakers of "Robot Stories,"
"Maestro," "The
Gatekeeper," and "Superstar in a Housedress" are presenting
their works to their own specialized communities and reeling
in additional viewers using extraordinary marketing efforts.
With the exception of "Maestro," theater bookings and some
publicity functions for the films have been delegated to
consultants, a factor that some might say would classify them
as service deals, but the tireless work of these filmmakers
has earned them the right to say they were front and center of
the distribution of their films. Rania Richardson
reports.
Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com
http://www.indiewire.com/biz/biz_040419self.html
LatinHeat Reception
honors Luis Alberto Urrea and release of his new book The Devil’s Highway;
Film
rights for gut-wrenching story have been optioned by CDI
Productions.
Hollywood, CA—LatinHeat, a popular
entertainment industry magazine, will honor award-winning
author, journalist and poet Luis Alberto Urrea and the release
of his new and powerful book, The Devil’s Highway
(Little, Brown), on Wednesday, April 21, 2004, 7:00
to 9:00 p.m. at Dutton’s Bookstore in the Brentwood suburb of
Los Angeles, California.
In May 2001, 26 men
from Mexico set out together on a journey, which
was guaranteed by their suave-talking 'coyote,' to be no
problem because the tough-but-doable two-day hike through the
southwestern desert was a frequent trek by many
"illegales." Their fate was sealed when the coyote
placed the men's lives in the hands of a 19-year old
inexperienced boy as their guide and who ultimately got them
lost. Only 12 survived. The other 14 slowly
perished in the hellish 110-degree desert heat.
The Devil's
Highway is a tour de force inspired account of a
catastrophe journey which resulted in the "largest manhunt and
death-event in border history."
The book has been
optioned to executive producer Rudy Joffroy, Creative Dreams
Inc. Productions (CDI) for a major motion picture scheduled to
begin shooting in Yuma, Arizona this
September. Joffroy, whose credits include (Tomorrow Never Dies,
Mickey Blue
Eyes, The Thin
Red Line, and Titanic), makes his
directorial debut with Devil’s Highway.
"Rudy and I see the
story the same way," Urrea said. "We see a
responsibility to the 14 dead men, the survivors and all
border crossing victims.”
The story is not
just about the deceit and greed of men who smuggle human cargo
but also a "geographic history cultural and economic analysis,
poetry and an indictment of immigration policy." Urrea
states he always regarded the Border Patrol as the
enemy. "To go find members of that agency who I think I
have become really good friends with and respect was a shock
to me." The story is a brilliant balance of victims,
villains and those in-between who are responsible for this
U.S./Mexican government’s on-going unresolved
dilemma.
"We invite anyone
who would like to come meet the author, filmmakers and some of
the cast of this important literary achievement," says Bel
Hernandez, Publisher of LatinHeat. "A cultural evening
is planned which includes a book reading, stimulating
conversation, Mexican delicacies, spirits and
music."
Director and
Executive Producer Rudy Joffroy, who is based in
Yuma, Arizona, founded CDI Productions in 2000,
as a production company whose goal is to create, develop and
produce Latin-American films of exceptional quality for the
International Market. "Our vision for each of our
projects is to leave the audience with a profound and
unforgettable experience."
"I am extremely
grateful to LatinHeat," he added. "Meeting Bel
[Hernandez] and Elia [Esparza] has been a blessing for
me. This powerful resource has been able to open doors
leading directly to Latino Hollywood."
To RSVP for
Wednesday, April 21st event, contact Brenda Herrera
at 310-464-5290, ext. 815 or via email at Brenda@latinheat.com.
While there is no fee to attend, space is limited and RSVP is
required. Dutton’s Bookstore, 11975 San
Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049.
TBH FILM
SERIES to Screen "La Ley de Herodes"
WHAT: Special Cinco
de Mayo Film "La Ley de Herodes"
WHEN: Cinco de Mayo,
May 5, 2004 - 7:30PM
WHERE: TBH Cinema Theater,
333 S. Jensen, H-town
ADMISSION: $5 per person,
available at TBH Box Office
Talento Bilingue de Houston, the
city's premiere cultural arts center, will screen on Cinco de
Mayo the Mexican satirical classic film " La Ley de Heredes",
in Spanish with Engish subtitles. This controversial,
outlandish comedy by director Luis Estrada, portrays the
growing corruption and scandalous conduct of a newly appointed
rural political leader as he attempts to lead (and prod) a
sleepy Mexican village into the modern
world.
Estrada, one of the new generation of
Mexican filmmakers, released this wacky, sarcastic film in
1999. In 2000, it won the Best Latin American Film Award
at the Sundance Film Festival.
Please tell your friends and join us
at TBH as we celebrate Cinco de Mayo and Latino and American
filmmaking. Talento Bilingue de Houston is an Artist in
Education Program of the Texas Commission on the Arts through
the Southwest Alternate Media Project and is supported by the
Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris
County and by people like you.
1st Annual Artivist Film
Festival: Merging Arts & Activism For Global
Consciousness
80 Films - 7 Days -
1 Mission at the Egyptian Theater, 6712 Hollywood
Blvd.
For
seven days and nights in April 2004, filmmakers from around
the world will unite at the Egyptian Theatre in
Hollywood, CA., to
witness and address the unwavering necessity of art and
activism in our global community. These activist artists
“Artivists', are bound together in their belief that actions
do create change and no voice goes unheard. This year’s films
highlight: International Human Rights, Children’s Advocacy,
Animal Rights, Environmental preservation,
and Spirituality.
The
diversity of films being presented at The 1st Annual Artivist Film Festival reflects our
mission of creating an artistic, activist arena for global
awareness.
We
were extremely pleased by the high volume of film submissions
for the 1st Annual Artivist Film Festival, an
eclectic mixture from established and first time filmmakers.
Their response to our festival demonstrates the passion and
force of activists around the world, and the power of the
visual image. ”Super Size Me',
o! ur opening film, addresses the unhealthy practices
of fast food giants and the consumerist society that gobbles
it up; while “The Corporation',
our closing film, tackles the dehumanizing structure of
corporate entities and the risks they pose to
individuals. Not
surprisingly, we received a large number of films protesting
America’s
war in
Iraq
ranging from serious works like, “We Interrupt this
Empire...', to more humorous takes, like the
animated “Homeland
Ho Down'. We were extremely pleased by the high
volume of film submissions for the 1st Annual
Artivist Film Festival, an eclectic mixture from established
and first time filmmakers. Their response to our festival
demonstrates the passion and force of activists around the
world, and the power of the visual image. ”Super Size Me',
o! ur opening film, addresses the unhealthy practices
of fast food giants and the consumerist society that gobbles
it up; while “The Corporation',
our closing film, tackles the dehumanizing structure of
corporate entities and the risks they pose to
individuals. Not
surprisingly, we received a large number of films protesting
America’s
war in
Iraq
ranging from serious works like, “We Interrupt this
Empire...', to more humorous takes, like the
animated “Homeland
Ho Down'. For more or to by
tickets info call 310.555.1222. Visit www.artivistfilmfestival.org
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR
(32 hours/ week)
La Pocha Nostra is a San
Francisco-based non-profit under the artistic direction
of MacArthur and American Book awardee Guillermo
Gómez-Peña. La Pocha Nostra supports the work of Gómez-Peña
and his collaborators, local and international. The
organization is seeking an individual with at least three
years' experience in arts/non-profit management, with
an
emphasis on financial oversight, fundraising, grant
writing/management, and staff/board development. The ideal
candidate will assist La Pocha Nostra in broadening the
strategic plan while supporting our ongoing vision and
programs. For more information about La Pocha Nostra, please
visit our website at
http://www.pochanostra.com.
RESPONSIBILITIES
*
Work with Gómez-Peña and the board to develop and implement in
a timely manner a long-range strategy that aids the
organization in achieving its artistic and financial
goals.
* Research, identify, write, and administer grants
that further the organization.
* Develop and maintain a
realistic and transparent budget that is accountable to our
board and to appropriate institutions.
* Recruit, hire,
oversee, educate, evaluate and release, if necessary, all
Pocha personnel, both paid staff and volunteer.
* Maintain
official records and documents in a manner that ensures
compliance with local, state, federal and grant
regulations.
* On behalf of the board and under its
auspices, conduct official correspondence and execute legal
documents.
REQUIREMENTS
* University or college
degree
* 3 years minimum experience working with
non-profits
* 1 year minimum experience writing and
administering arts grants.
* Computer skills (MAC and PC
basics plus QuickBooks, FileMaker Pro, internet savvy)
*
Superior writing and communication skills
* Proven
leadership capabilities
* Ability to multi-task and
prioritize a must
PLUSES
* Conversant in other
languages, particularly Spanish
* Working knowledge of
contemporary art/performance art
* Theatrical design and
technical skills
COMPENSATION
* Salary dependent on
experience ($18,000 - $23,000, 4 day work week); commission on
all grants received and properly administered.
* 2-3 weeks
paid vacation
* Health benefits
* Enormous opportunity
to advance within the performance art community
Please
send cover letter and resume to Kari Hensley, Company Manager
at ochnostra@aol.com
(If
asked to interview, please be prepared to bring a writing
sample, ideally a grant.)
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
111 Plaza de
Armas, San Antonio, Texas 78205
Phone No. (210) 207-8108
Job Line (210) 207-7280
JOB TITLE/NUMBER: Assistant
Marketing Manager /0050
DATE POSTED: 04/07/04
DEPARTMENT: Convention & Visitors Bureau
CLOSING DATE: 04/21/04
JOB SUMMARY:
Under
general direction, is responsible for identifying, developing
and executing marketing programs to attract filmmaker clients
to conduct location filming in San Antonio (professional
television, commercial, documentaries, feature films and
similar client bases). Serves as an advocate for original
local productions to help establish San Antonio as a film
center. Also contributes to the overall function of the
Film/Public Relations area of the bureau - working with
editorial media to position San Antonio as a premier visitor
and meetings destination. Exercises functional supervision
over professional and clerical staff.
ESSENTIAL JOB
FUNCTIONS:
1. Enforces administrative policies and
reporting procedures to assure that all activities contribute
effectively to the sales effort;
2.
Evaluates primary market areas to promote filming in San
Antonio;
3. Identifies film market segments applicable
to San Antonio and creates and implements film marketing plan
to include strategic planning, advertising, direct mail,
public relations, direct sales, trade shows, electronic
marketing and other outreach to position and attract film
business to San Antonio;
4. Works directly,
effectively and independently with film and media domestic and
international clients - pitching, planning, scouting, site
inspections, shooting and follow-up;
5. Serves as a
liaison with City departments, San Antonio Convention &
Visitors Commission, local community to include the Texas Film
Commission, professional film/media organizations, local film
festivals and other groups of interest; appropriately
represents the SACVB as needed with these audiences;
6. Reviews, evaluates and designs long-range strategic
planning targeting film marketing for San Antonio;
7.
Assists Film/PR Director in developing budget and
administrative procedures for the department to include result
tracking and reporting as needed;
8. Supervises,
trains, manages and evaluates staff;
9. Generates
materials appropriate to film marketing and public relations
as needed to include written and visual materials such as a
film resource guide;
10. Prepares and executes
presentations as needed;
11. Performs related duties
and fulfills responsibilities as required.
JOB/DRIVING
REQUIREMENTS:
· Bachelor's Degree from an accredited
college or university with preferable coursework in Public
Relations, Business Administration, Marketing or related
field;
· Four years of promotional convention sales
experience in a Convention and Visitors Bureau or large
convention hotel;
· This position requires a valid Class
"C" Texas Driver's License or obtain a valid Class "C" Texas
Driver's License within thirty (30) days after becoming a
resident of the State of Texas;
· Substitution Ratio: Two
years of related experience may be substituted for one year of
higher education;
· ANY APPLICANT SELECTED FOR EMPLOYMENT
WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT TO
PRE-EMPLOYMENT DRUG TESTING. FULL COMPLETION OF PRE-EMPLOYMENT
DRUG TESTING WITH A VERIFIED NEGATIVE RESULT IS A CONDITION OF
EMPLOYMENT.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Four years
of experience in film marketing; Public Relations, Business
Administration or related field;
· Multilingual.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Medium
WORK LOCATION:
International Center, 203 S. St. Mary's, 2nd Floor
WORK
HOURS: Work Hours Vary, Monday - Friday, Shiftwork, Weekends
& Holidays
At the Dept.'s Discretion, the Work
Location and Work Days/Hours May Be Subject to Change
Contact Brenda Evans , Human Resources Analyst, for
further information.
Applications are accepted Monday
through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. at the
Human
Resources Department, 111 Plaza De Armas
The City of
San Antonio is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Product
Manager Wanted at Record Company - Shout!
Factory
Develop and execute
marketing plans and the accompanying budgets. Develop
solicitation materials including sell sheets, presentations,
project tools and updates. Liaise with artists, producers and
content owners on creative development, marketing plans,
promotions and more.
Oversee the development of
advertising plans and merchandising materials and the related
creative materials with the marketing manager. Oversee online,
street and radio promotions, primarily using outside
contractors but periodically executing select promotions
in-house.
Manage project communications and
traffic information within the Shout departments and to
outside contractors. Issue purchase orders and maintain budget
status reports.
Successful candidate will have at
least 2 years in a product management position in an audio or
video company. Working knowledge of internet
marketing, radio promotions and advertising helpful.
Writing skills and creative design required.
Multi-tasking a must.
Interested parties
must mention they were referred by Jeff Gund,
and e-mail their cover letter and resumes (as TEXT within the
email, NOT as an attachment) to:
jobs@shoutfactory.com
Or fax to:
310-979-5899
Shout! Factory
2042 Armacost Ave.
Los
Angeles, CA 90025
Alex
Mendoza
Alex
Mendoza & Associates
8835 Las Tunas
Drive
Temple City, CA
91780
626-614-8277
alexmend@aol.com
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