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NEWARK MUSEUM SHOWCASES LATINO
FILMS
Miami
Herald Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:19 PM PDT
NEWARK,
N.J. - Moviegoers are most likely to associate the Newark
Museum with the annual Black Film Festival it has hosted for
the past 30 years. But this weekend the museum will
acknowledge the growing influence of Hispanic culture on New
Jersey and film with its first annual Cinema Latino
festival.
http://www.nj.com/newsflash/jersey/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1096571345292311.xml&storylist=jersey
MEET THE NEW 'IT BOY'
Time Magazine Thu,
30 Sep 2004 11:52 AM PDT
Is there anyone Gael Garcia
Bernal can't play? Not if he gets his way
FURTHER DETAILS ON BULLFIGHTER
DVD
DVD
Answers Mon, 04
Oct 2004 2:24 AM PDT
Universal
has officially announced Bullfighter which stars the likes of
Willem Dafoe, Olivier Martinez, Michelle Forbes, Donnie
Wahlberg and Robert Rodriguez. This Rune Bendixen directed
comedy, will be available to own from the 4th January next
year.
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=12944
ESAI MORALES STARS IN NATIONAL PSA CAMPAIGN
TARGETING LATINO VOTE
HispanicBusiness.com Mon,
04 Oct 2004 9:12 AM PDT http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/
LOS
ANGELES, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Voter Registration
Education Project's youth initiative, Fuerza Latina, today
launched a nationwide PSA campaign called "Don't Be Invisible,
Vote!", starring acclaimed actor Esai Morales as Victor Lopez,
a fictional Latino Presidential candidate.
http://medianet.indiatimes.com/PRShow.asp?Key=128542&ID=250161
CHRIS HAWLEY
The Arizona Republic Mon,
04 Oct 2004 2:05 AM PDT
MEXICO CITY - The conquest started
on the coasts, then crept in from the border. Now Hollywood
has come to central Mexico, and the country is
star-struck.
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=business&story_id=082704d_aerospace
CMG ACQUIRES
INTN'L DISTRIBUTION TO BRAZILIAN FILM:
COMO FAZER UM
FILME DE AMOR
Los
Angeles,
CA –
October 4,
2004
– Los Angeles-based sales company Cinema Management
Group has acquired exclusive international distribution rights
to Jose Roberto Torero’s “Como Fazer Um Filme de Amor” which
had its world premiere at the recent Montreal World Film
Festival.
English title for picture
is “Manual For Love Stories” and film is precisely that,
taking the audience, scene by scene, on an original and
hilarious journey through the myriad thematic constructions of
classic romantic comedies. Film also features plenty of
homages to famous scenes from famous films, without such
knowledge being a pre-requisite to fully enjoying the
picture. What results is an irrepressibly likeable
feature that opens theatrically in Brazil on
October 29th via Miramax’s long-time local
distributor, Lumiere which also served as co-producer.
“Manual For Love Stories”
was produced by Zita Carvalhosa (SUPERFILMES), with the
financial support from tax shelter laws (Petrobras and
Santander) and the support of the Brazilian Film Agency
(ANCINE).
Film stars Denise Fraga,
Cassio Gabus Mendes and Mariza Orth with a running voice over
narration by Paulo José, one of Brazil’s hottest
names. Paulo José’s easily recognizable voice and
popularity are being banked on to lend the film additional
box-office clout.
CMG’s acquisition of
“Manuel For Love Stories” is its third acquisition of a Latin
American film in so many months. CMG in July picked-up
Elia Schneider’s award winning Venezuelan hit “Step Forward”
which is also representing Venezuela in its
entry for the Academy Awards – Best Foreign Language
Feature. In August, CMG acquired int’l rights to Gonzalo
Justiniano’s award winning Chilean feature, “B-Happy.”
Prior to its acquisition
of “Manual For Love Stories,” “B-Happy” and “Punto y Raya,”
CMG scored a hit with animated pic “Hoodwinked: The True Story
of Red Riding Hood” a 3-D, CGI feature which it has meanwhile
sold in over 30 territories.
All four films will be
screening at the up-coming American Film Market being held at
the Loew’s Hotel in Santa Monica
Nov.3-10th.
Contact: Edward
Noeltner
Cinema Management
Group
Tel: (310)
300-9959
HOT 'HOUSEWIVES' HEAT UP
SUNDAY
'Desperate' measures up for
ABC
Don't look now, but ABC may be on the comeback
trail. Proving there is an audience for dramas beyond
whodunits and other procedurals, Sunday night's "Desperate
Housewives" opened to stunning ratings.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/9842902.htm?1c
MOTORCYCLE DIARIES FALLS THROUGH FOREIGN
LANGUAGE CRACKS 
Salles film is ineligible for
OSCAR:Foreign-Language film category...Focus continues to push
in all other categories.
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/movies/articles/1006motodiaries06.html
FOX GIVES 'CHAMP'
A KNOCK-OUT BLOW
Fox has canceled boxing
reality series "The Next Great Champ" due to low ratings. The
show
will move to Fox Sports Net. NBC, meanwhile, said it
would postpone the launch of its boxing series, "The
Contender," until midseason. Variety (subscription required) (10/4)
LONG
SUFFERING ABC FINDS RATINGS SURGE
Walt Disney Co.'s ABC Television, which has
remained stuck in last place in recent years in the ratings
war among the Big Four networks, is experiencing a popularity
boom. The network has some possible hits on its hands --
primetime soap opera "Desperate Housewives" and marooned drama
"Lost." The New York Times (free registration)
(10/5), USA TODAY (10/5)
YOU'RE
INVITED:
WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 13th, 2004
SAG,
NALIP, & TOTALAXIS INVITE YOU TO A JAM PACKED
NIGHT
W/THREE(3) BACK-TO-BACK
EVENTS IN ONE LOCATION!
7:00 PM - Cocktails & Dinner
7:30 PM - Diversity Panel
9:00
PM - Special one-hour Screening
10:00 PM -
Networking
The evening will begin at 7:00 PM with cocktails followed
by a 90 minute panel on how to get in touch with the Diversity
Departments of the Guilds, Networks and Studios and what they
are doing to help position people of color within their systems.
THE PANEL WILL BE
HOSTED BY:
Angel
Rivera
Director of Diversity, SAG
(Bio
can be found at www.TotalAXIS.com/newsletters/bios.htm)
CONFIRMED GUESTS
INCLUDE:
Marc
Hirschfeld
Executive VP, Casting, NBC
(Bio
can be found at www.TotalAXIS.com/newsletters/bios.htm)
Efrain Garza
Fuentes
Director of Diversity for The Walt
Disney Company
(No
Photo or Bio Available)
Following the panel will be a screening of a documentary (Los
Angeles Now) by Phillip Rodriguez, a NALIP member at 9:00
PM (See details below). After the panel and screening, networking
session will follow; an after event to have the participants
mix and mingle. The viewing will take place in a highly state
of the art digital screening room provided by our friends
at CineSpace. (www.Cine-Space.com)
The
Preferred Seating Deal: Since there are only 150
dining seats with an additional 100 spots in the screening
area, and a total capacity of 600+. The venue is being offered
for free; we will offer those members who make dinner
reservations, preferred
seating. We encourage you to come dine with us
and watch a free movie and make new contacts. You must make
dinner reservations directly with CineSpace by calling
323-817-3456. Seating is available on a first come first serve
basis.
You must RSVP to this
email FLIX@TotalAXIS.com for
seating only. Entry is FREE but you are responsible for your
own food and drinks.
CINESPACE
6356
Hollywood Blvd. (2d Floor)
(1 block east of Vine)
Hollywood, CA 90028
(Main Entrance on Hollywood Blvd.
/ Self and valet parking)
NALIP "COLLABORATIVE
FUND" NOW AVAILABLE
Dear NALIP Members,
NALIP's Board of Directors is
pleased to announce that it has outlined the following
guidelines for a Collaborative Fund to which you may
apply. The NALIP Board voted to combine a
portion of your membership dues with a portion of our
fundraising efforts to create a fund for which you can apply.
In order to access these funds, you need to do the following:
1. Submit to the
Board Treasurer (Alex Rodriguez) and ED (me) a proposal about
who you are. (You need not be a full-fledged chapter yet: you
can be a Special Interest Group, you may be developing a
chapter, you may be some members looking to work with another
non-profit in your area, etc. The only basic criteria is that
you are a NALIP member.)
2. Tell us what you
would like the money for -- a one-page proposal that details
your activity and describes the program, the equipment, the
seminar, the screening series, whatever. Please include in
this a statement about how you envision this project will
benefit Latino Producers in your region.
3. Submit a timetable and a
budget, up to a page in length, describing how you will
allocate the funds and over what period of time. You can
request $50-1,000 from the Collaborative Fund but bear in mind
that NALIP will try to give more small grants than a few large
ones.
4. Include a
fundraising strategy -- describe how you will match these
funds locally, either through funds your group has raised,
through ticket sales or through the support of another local
organization.
Please send
the proposal to:
"Collaborative
Fund" c/o NALIP
P.O. Box 1247
Santa Monica,
CA 90406
Or Email NalipED@msn.com
That's it! This is an added
benefit of membership to NALIP members (and is not in lieu of
the fixed annual grant given to bona fide chapters for their
listserv and other overhead costs).
So let us know how
this Fund can help you.
Kathryn
Galan
NALIP, Executive
Director
NALIP/Jungle
Halloween Offer -- Deadline October 31st.
SPECIAL OCTOBER DISCOUNT ON GORILLA
PRO FOR NALIP MEMBERS
NALIP members get
10% off Gorilla Pro during the month of October when you
purchase from www.junglesoftware.com
What is
Gorilla? Producing a movie doesn't have to me
difficult! With Gorilla, all of your information can be
stored in one place: Budgeting, scheduling, crew,
cast, profit-sharing, editing notes, and even film
festival submissions.
When it's time to
create reports, Gorilla can generate over 50 industry-standard
reports, from stripboards to breakdown sheets, budget
top sheets to variances, your entire production can be run
from one program. Gorilla is the only production software
built with the independent producer in mind. You have
to do it all, and Gorilla is with you every step of
the way.
12TH ANNUAL SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM
FESTIVAL
MARCH
10-20, 2005
* * * * * * * * * *
*
CALL FOR ENTRIES
* * * * * * * * * *
*
For Entry Form and additional
information, please click here: http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/call.html
* Entry Deadline: November 30,
2004
Media Arts Center San Diego seeking films
and videos for
Twelfth Annual San Diego Latino Film
Festival (March 10-20, 2005)
Media Arts Center San
Diego's prestigious and internationally recognized San Diego
Latino Film Festival, soars into 2005 with an impressive and
exhilarating schedule of activities, special events and
initiatives. The Twelfth Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival
(SDLFF) is now accepting entries for the 2005 festival. SDLFF
will take place March 10-20, 2005 at the Mann Theaters at
Hazard Center located in beautiful San Diego, California. Last
year's festival was attended by an audience of 15,000
actively-engaged film lovers, filmmakers, actors, programmers,
distributors, industry representatives and journalists.
The San Diego Latino Film Festival has used the unique
geographical and cultural position of the San Diego Border
Region to make the festival a premiere venue for the
exhibition of international and U.S. Latino features, shorts
and documentaries.
The 2005 San Diego Latino Film
Festival will include expanded opportunities for participating
filmmakers and their films/videos to take the spotlight. The
following is just a taste of what filmmakers and attendees can
experience by participating at the upcoming San Diego Latino
Film Festival: 100 feature and short films to be screened;
over 100 guest filmmakers and actors; SDLFF Awards
Competition; Latino New Media & Entertainment Sidebar;
Workshops/Seminars with industry representatives and
filmmakers (i.e. "Financing", "Distribution"); Latino On-line
Festival; SDLFF's "Top Ten to Watch"; Celebrity Guest Curator;
annual showcase of "Latinos in TV"; "Tributes" to acclaimed
filmmakers/actors; Concerts @ the Fest; Pre-Fest Launch
Parties; "Best of Fest" showcase; Opening, Centerpiece, and
Closing Night Gala Celebrations; the SDLFF Awards Ceremony;
Student Outreach Screenings; "Meet the Filmmaker" Dialogues;
and, SDLFF's Annual "Cine Cubano" Sidebar.
Eleven years
ago, the San Diego Latino Film Festival was originally
established as a student film festival focusing on works by
Latinos and/or about the Latino Experience. Since that time,
the San Diego Latino Film Festival has developed into one of
the larger and most well respected Latino film festivals in
the country. Over 85,000 people have attended during the past
eleven years, and 780 films/videos from across Latin America
and the United States have been screened. Past festival guests
have included such renowned individuals as Alfonso Cuaron,
John Leguizamo, Patricia Velasquez, Fernando Sarinana, Diego
Luna, Gael Garcia, Carlos Carrera, Rodrigo Prieto, Alex Lora,
Lupe Ontiveros, Bruno Bichir, Tony Plana, Elpidia Carrillo,
Humberto Solas, Dennis Leoni, Arturo Ripstein, Paul Rodriguez,
Patssi Valdez, Luis Valdez, Gregory Nava, Edward James Olmos,
Lourdes Portillo, Moctesuma Esparza, Ray Bradbury, Jacob
Vargas, Lucia Murat, Nancy de los Santos, Vanessa Bauche,
Hector Galan, and hundreds of other emerging and established
Latino filmmakers.
The festival is seeking innovative
works that are 'by', 'about' or 'for' the Latino community,
that have been produced between 2003-2005. Work
previously exhibited in the San Diego / Tijuana Border Region
- whether theatrically at another local festival or broadcast
on television, - is not eligible to apply. A panel of
distinguished curators from the San Diego and Tijuana
community will select the films and videos to be screened
during the "Official Selection" of the festival. All entries
will be pre-screened for eligibility by curators, however, not
all entries will be programmed. If your work is
selected, you will be notified by mail no later than January
31, 2005 to send the work in its original format.
An
additional panel of distinguished filmmakers, film critics,
and actors will sit on this year's Awards Jury. Awards are
given for excellence in form and content. Awards
Categories include: Best Narrative Feature (40 min. and
longer), Best Documentary Feature (40 min. and longer), Best
Documentary Short (under 40 min.), Best Animated Short (under
40 min.), Best Narrative Short (under 40 min.), Best
Experimental Work, Best Youth Work (For film and video works
shot, directed and produced by youth under 18 years old), Best
Local Work (produced or directed by a current resident of San
Diego / Tijuana Border Region), Best Student Work, Best
Actress, Best Actor, Best Script, Cinematography, and
"Audience Award" (popular ballot). Winners will share
awards & prizes!
Deadline for submissions to the
festival is November 30, 2004.
Entry fee: $15 (shorts)
and $25 (features). Payable by check or money order to: "Media
Arts Center San Diego".
To enter a work, please submit
each of the following:
1. Completed Entry Form
2. Brief
synopsis (100 words or less)
3. Bios (actors, producer,
& director)
4. VHS video copy of entry (NTSC)
5.
Still photos (300 dpi if submitted electronically)
6. $15
entry fee for Shorts / $25 entry fee for Full length
(payable to:
"Media Arts Center San Diego").
Or, pay on-line with a credit card
at:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=72974
Send
all Entries to:
San Diego Latino Film Festival
2005
c/o Media Arts Center San Diego
921 25th
Street
San Diego, CA 92102, U.S.A.
E-mail: sdlff@mediaartscenter.org
Telephone:
619-230-1938 x 101 / Fax: 619-230-1937
For Entry Form
and additional information, please contact sdlff@mediaartscenter.org,
call 619-230-1938 x 101, click here: http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/call.html,
or see attached text document.
SCREENING: LOS ANGELES NOW AT FLIX @
CINESPACE
Los Angeles
Now
A Documentary by: Phillip
Rodriguez
Free Screening
Wednesday October 13th, 2004 at 9:00 PM
FLIX @ CineSpace -
Details/Address Above
Once the whitest city in
America, Los Angeles is now the most
multicultural city in the history of the world. Once an empty,
bucolic space, L.A. is now a disorienting megalopolis.
Yet the city’s cultural transformation has gone
largely overlooked by the media, the movies, and even by the
many of the city’s residents themselves. The entertainment
industry continues to churn out counterfeit and outmoded
images of L.A. while ignoring the many new stories emerging
from the city's increasingly diverse population.
Los
Angeles Now looks beyond Baywatch and Blade Runner to create a
fresh and candid portrait of America’s second largest city.
The film uses creative visuals and computer-generated imagery
to evoke the city’s vast array of moods and rhythms. And it
abandons the polite P.C. language of 90s multiculturalism to
explore challenging questions and provocative points of view.
Among the issues raised in the film:
• Now that L.A.’s
Anglo century is over, how will the new Latino/Asian majority
work with other ethnic groups to create a cultural consensus?
Will the new coalitions manage to sustain the high
productivity that the Anglos achieved?
• What is the
future of L.A.’s unprecedented multiculturalism? Is this the
beginning of a more harmonious race relations or increased
racial tensions? Will L.A.’s many ethnic neighborhoods
balkanize or coalesce?
• Is Los Angeles impermanent by
nature? Can it retain a sense of history despite its
earthquakes and its seemingly insatiable desire to rebuild?
And why does the city set fire to itself every generation or
so?
• What effects does the city’s sprawl -- its
freeways, diffuse borders, lack of center -- have on its
citizens? To what extent do Angelenos, in the words of William
McClung, “construct their own Los Angeles out of the areas
that are meaningful to them”? Or struggle against anomie?
The issues explored in Los Angeles Now are relevant
well beyond the borders of the city. Many agree that Los
Angeles serves as a diagnostic for other urban centers. Cities
from Hartford to Las Vegas inevitably face the influx of
immigrants, the cultural confrontations, and the urban sprawl.
If the future were a place, Los Angeles would be it. Los
Angeles Now provides a much-needed starting point for
imagining our American future.
1st ANNUAL: ORANGE
COUNTY LATINO FILM FESTIVAL (October 21-24,
2004)
The
Orange County Latino Film Festival is a
non-profit organization whose mission is to create a venue
where the story of Latin culture is told to through the art of
filmmaking.
The festival was organized in 2004, with
the inaugural dates running October 21-24, 2004. Twelve
feature and documentary films originating from several Latin
countries will be showcased at the Cine Fiesta Theatre in
downtown Santa Ana, CA.
The programming, and location
of the festival, is intended to represent the broad diversity
of the Orange County economy and it’s people. Movie viewers,
filmmakers, talent, and business and community leaders will
gather together in one place to experience the rich story
telling of the Latino experience.
Along with
entertainment, and cultural significance, the festival
provides a platform for filmmakers who are seeking a
theatrical outlet in the United States. The viewing public
will be exposed to subjects and experiences they would simply
miss, if it were not for the festival.
The OCLFF is
only made possible through grants, donations, and
contributions. Companies both large and small, as well as
individuals, are providing funding, goods, and services to the
festival. The goodwill that is generated by these sponsors is
made evident through use of their logos on all festival
materials, through product placement, and through the public
relations and promotions associated with the
festival.
We are very proud about our opportunity to
include businesses and individuals, like you, to support the
arts, and to improve the communities where we work and
live.
We hope you will receive great enjoyment from the
festival, and will consider it a beneficial and nurturing
experience.
Please contact Manny
Saldivar, our Festival Director, to learn more, and to get
started. He can be reached at (800) 218-7888 or by email at mannysaldivar@yahoo.com.
FESTIVAL
DIRECTOR
Manuel Saldivar
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
ON SHOWTIME
I am proud to
share that fellow Nosotros Member Lupe Carranza and I will be
on SHOWTIME this month, so don't get too sick of
us...
Please support this wonderful piece of art. A special
Thanks to all of you who supported us at the Los Angeles Latino
International Film Festival, LA International Short Film Festival,
Temecula Valley International Film Festival, NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL
LATINO FILM FESTIVAL, and others...
And a quick reminder that "Nate and the Colonel"
and "Roscoe's House of
Chicken and Waffles" are now both
out on DVD.
See ya in the
movies...
Victoria Regina
(www.VictoriaRegina.com,
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1032162/,
http://www.nosotros.org/db/view.php?id=434&stage=Victoria%20Regina)
For info on Lupe Carranza go to (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1480809/,
http://www.nosotros.org/db/view.php?id=47&stage=Lupe’%20Carranza)
Upcoming
SHOWTIME screenings:
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON will
be seen by the whole country this October thanks to Showtime
Networks Latino Filmmaker Showcase. All the airings are listed
below and also available at our website (www.wednesdayafternoon.com).
SHOWTIME 5th ANNUAL LATINO FILMMAKER
SHOWCASE
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage
Month, Showtime Networks will
broadcast outstanding shorts
from the Los Angeles Latino International Film
Festival
(LALIFF).
SAT OCTOBER 9, 2004 | 10:00 AM -
Showtime (SHO-1)
TUE OCTOBER 12, 2004 | 10:35 PM - Showtime
(SHO-1)
SUN OCTOBER 17, 2004 | 9:15 AM - ShoToo
(SHO-2)
WED OCTOBER 20, 2004 | 5:00 AM - Showcase
(SHO-3)
TUE OCTOBER 26, 2004 | 1:05 PM - ShoToo
(SHO-2)
FRI OCTOBER 29, 2004 | 10:15 AM - Showcase
(SHO-3)
Showtime 5th Annual Latino Filmmaker
Showcase press release:
http://www.sho.com/site/filmmaker_showcase/lfs.do
FOR
MORE INFORMATION VISIT: www.wednesdayafternoon.com
OPEN CALL TO CURRENT/FORMER FLORIDA BASED
FILMMAKERS!
GEN ART CURRENTLY
SEEKING SHORT FILM SUBMISSIONS FOR “SHORTS IN THE PARK” EVENT
PRESENTED BY QUANTUM ON THE BAY BY TERRA INTERNATIONAL
- $5000 Grant
Will Be Presented to Winning Filmmaker -
- Last Year’s
Winning Short Film Currently Being Considered for an Oscar
Nomination -
Gen
Art, the national arts and entertainment organization
dedicated to showcasing emerging talent in fashion, film,
music and the visual arts, is currently seeking submissions of
new or existing short films by Florida-based or “born and
bred” filmmakers for its 2nd annual "Shorts in the
Park".
Shorts in the Park, being presented by Quantum on the Bay
by Terra International, is an evening of film championing
today's most talented emerging Florida-based independent filmmakers.
Taking place on November 18th in downtown Miami at Margaret
Pace Park, the event will present the works of three short
film finalists, selected by a committee of distinguished film
industry professionals, to an audience of over 1000 attendees.
A $5,000 grant, made possible by Quantum on the Bay
by Terra International, will be announced and presented to
the winning filmmaker, followed by a screening of a favorite
modern classic.
Last year’s winning film, “Chinese
Dream,” directed by Victor Quinaz, is now being considered by
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for an Oscar
nomination.
“Shorts in the Park gave me the
necessary funds and confidence to move to the next level which
meant showing at a number of other festivals and now being
considered for an Oscar nomination,” said Quinaz. “It’s
a great opportunity for young filmmakers to present their work
to a large audience in their
hometown.”
Filmmakers should submit new or
existing short films which have been completed on or
after January 1, 2003. Deadline for submissions is Monday,
October 11th, 2004. Cost of submission is $10 and all
films submitted will automatically be considered for Gen Art’s
10th Annual Film Festival in New York taking place in April.
To apply, you must visit http://www.genart.org/miamishorts/
to get all submission criteria - or call the Miami office at
(305) 695-8200.
PBS
THIS WEEK
NALIP'sters,
Check out this week's edition of Visiones, featuring my
segment on Salsa music in the
heart of the Latino community in Philadelphia.
It's on Sunday, Oct 10 at 10:30 pm.
Visiones: Latino
Art & Culture
is a landmark television
series that features the rich cultural and artistic
expressions of Latinos in the United States.
EPISODE SIX
Sunday, October 10,2004 10:30 PM
EST/9:30 CEN
(Check local listings at pbs.org)
Visiones, through
a unique collaboration of Latino producers from around the
country, captures the very heart of Latino art and culture.
Tune
in this week:
Sunday, October 10,2004 10:30 PM
EST/9:30 CEN
FOR
MORE ON VISIONES, GO TO GALANINC.COM
Paul
Espinosa
Espinosa Productions
4452 Park
Blvd. Suite 215
San Diego, CA 92116
Tel:
619-220-6893
Fax:
619-220-6895
espinosa@electriciti.com
www.EspinosaProductions.com
join: www.aivf.org
CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR PBS' NEW WEB-BASED
SERIES 'P.O.V.'S BORDERS'
* Call for Entries:
P.O.V.'s Borders -- Submit by October 15 *
What is a border? How much is
real, and how much is in your mind?
P.O.V.'s Borders is a showcase for
interactive storytelling. This Webby award-winning site, PBS's
first on-going Web-only series, explores the borders in our
lives with new themed installments launched annually. Each
episode asks visitors to consider an aspect of their everyday
lives in ways that challenge their preconceptions, and expand
their own "borders" of understanding. P.O.V.'s Borders
announces a Call for Entries for its next episode. Scheduled
to launch in early 2005, the episode investigates the idea of
the American identity.
At home and abroad, people's
concepts of what makes an American are evolving. Through a set
of three to four interactive features, P.O.V.'s Borders:
American Identities explores the myths and realities of being
American in the world today. How do Americans define
themselves? How do others see us?
The series will commission three
to four original interactive features exclusively designed for
the American website, based on proposals received by October
8, 2004 (extended to October 15th for those receiving this
email).
Find out more & submit a
proposal:
http://www.pbs.org/pov/borders/umbrella_cfe.html
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS SCREENING OF WRITING
A LIFE
The Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration and The
Boston Arts Academy as part of the Latino Film Series invites
you to A special screening of
Esmeralda Santiago's new documentary "Writing
a Life."
Thursday, October 7, 2004 at 6:00pm-9:00pm
Massachusetts College of Art, 621 Huntington Avenue Boston,
MA.
Q&A with Mrs. Santiago after screeing of the film.
For more information please call, 617-350-6400
Blanca Bonilla 617 635-6470x309
http://www.esmeraldasantiago.net
NOW PLAYING AT A THEATRE
NEAR YOU--SOLDIERS PLAY
"Russell and his collaborators — Tricia
Regan and Juan Carlos Zaldivar — offer eloquent testimony
about the moral ambiguity of war from veterans, human rights
officials and Iraqi refugees"
(Three stars!) The New
York Post
Soldiers Pay is playing
in front of Robert Greewald's "Uncovered: The War in Iraq"
nationwide. Cities below:
CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA
The Roxie (Opened 9/23/04)
3117 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 863-1087
Parkway Theater (Opened 10/1/04)
1834 Park Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94606
LOS ANGELES
Laemmle Sunset 5 (Opens 10/8/04)
8000 Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90046
(323) 848-3500
Laemmle Old Colorado One Theaters (Opens 10/8/04)
42 Miller Alley
Old Pasadena, CA 91103
(626) 744-1224
NEW YORK
Quad Cinema (Opened 10/1/04)
34 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 255-8800
TEXAS
HOUSTON
Angelika Houston (Opens 10/8/04)
510 Texas Avenue
Houston, TX 77002
(713) CALL AFC
SAN ANTONIO
Bijoux at the Crossroads (Opens 10/8/04)
4522 Fredericksburg Road
San Antonio, TX 78201
(210) 735-9137
MASSACHUSETTS
Coolidge Corner Theatre (Opens 10/29/04)
290 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA 02446
THE WOMEN OF JUAREZ...NOW PLAYING AT THE FRIDA
KAHLO THEATRE (LA)
...a powerful and important
play...Ingrid Marquez... is both powerful and unforgettable...
Elizabeth Lopez, ReviewPlays.Com
...The casting is first
rate...Amavizca’s often moving play highlights a critical
and largely unknown issue... Jim Crogan, LA Weekly
...is not so much a play
as it is an indictment... F. Kathleen Foley, Los
Angeles Times
Due to popular demand,
we have added 2 more performances for THE WOMEN OF JUAREZ.
THE WOMEN OF JUAREZ is
the story of a mother searching for her missing daughter,
only to discover an intricate web of misogyny, police and
political corruption. The case of the women of Juarez
begins in 1993. Since then, over 600 women have been reported
missing and the bodies of more than 400 murdered have been
found.
THE WOMEN OF
JUAREZ is performed at the FRIDA KAHLO Theater, 2332
West Fourth St, Los Angeles, CA 90057, Fridays and Saturdays
at 8 PM, Sundays at 6 PM
In English: 8 at 8
PM
In Spanish: October 7
at 8 PM
Tickets are $14 pre-paid
tickets $15 at the door
For information and reservations,
call: 213-382-8133. Our offices are open Tuesday thru
Sunday from 1 to 6 PM or visit fridakahlotheater.org
WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN
AND ADULTS
Theater for Children
Saturdays 10 AM ($48/trimester)
Teatro para
Adultos Lunes 8 PM ($100/trimester)
Animation
Saturdays 11 AM/Wednesdays 4 PM FREE!
Photography Call 213-639-1572
Gracias
Grupo de Teatro
SINERGIA
For
related stories please visit:
http://rwor.org/a/v24/1161-1170/1166/juarez.htm OR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1171962
AIM TELL-A-VISION SHATTERS CONVENTION AND STEREOTYPES
WITH LAUNCH OF TWO TV SHOWS “AMERICAN LATINO” AND “LATIN FUZE”
“Celebrate the Culture”
and “Feel the Fuze” are the mantras of two new series hitting
TV screens nationwide this weekend!
New York, October 4th,
2004 –AIM Tell-A-Vision and Maximás Productions, winners for
the second year in a row at this year’s prestigious IMAGEN
awards for ‘Best National Informational Program’ for their
URBAN LATINO series, continue to break the mold with two new
weekly programs--American
Latino TV (ALTV) and Latin Fuze . Both programs
are targeted at the underserved U.S. born Latin
market (2nd and 3rd generation Latinos),
which comprise over 60% of all U.S. Latinos according to recent
U.S. Census data. The shows premiere nationwide on stations
this weekend.
Vanessa Conde
Publicity Director/Associate Producer
AIM-Tell-A-Vision
5700 Collins Avenue
Suite 6F
Miami Beach, Florida 33140
305-866-0501 Office/Fax
347-432-3425 Cell
vanessa@aimtv.tv
vanessa@urbanlatinotv.com
www.urbanlatinotv.com
MACHO MEN &
THE WOMEN WHO LOVE THEM
DON'T MISS THE HOTTEST
SHOW IN TOWN: OCTOBER 13TH
SHOWS SELL OUT FAST- Reservations:
323-288-9034
NEW REVIEW- HOT OFF THE
PRESS: "BRILLIANT"
CBS RADIO REVIEW:
September 25th, 2004
FOUR STARS- HIGHEST RATING
"It's easy to see why audience
members keep returning and the house is always packed for
"Macho Men & the Women
Who Love Them." Maria Costa explodes on stage with brilliant
comedic skill. While she brings sex appeal and insight to
this one-woman show, it's fundamentally clear that, above
all else, making people laugh is her primary gift. Coursing
through her veins is the DNA of the Marx Brothers, Lucille
Ball, and Fanny Brice.
“This is one funny girl
who deserves to be a big, big star.”
CBS Radio
Arts and Entertainment
Correspondent-Todd David Schwartz
Macho Men & The Women
Who Love them
A Musical Comedy LA WEEKLY
CALLS "Hilarious... Smart & Funny"
Starring The Mambo Queen
of Comedy: Maria Costa
Directed by Mike Gomez
Also Featuring LIVE
CUBAN MUSIC AND DANCING
by some of the best Rumberos
in Los Angeles
Wednesdays
October 13th
Tickets go fast
Call for Reservations 323-288-9034
WWW.MARIACOSTA.COM
7:00
Pre-Reception w/ Open Bar Serving Mojitos, Cuba Libres &
More!!! 8:00 Show Time
marilyn Monroe Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute
7936 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90046
(Near Fairfax)
SEEKING SPANISH SPEAKING WOMEN 18-40
FOR NEW DATING SHOW
I'm casting a Spanish Speaking international
dating show and I 'm looking for attractive/hot Spanish
speaking women ages 18 – 40. The pay is between
$150- $350.
And I'm also casting a Spanish style Fear Factor $$$$$$
Please have the talent say they were referred by Jeff
Gund, and email a pic (jpg format only) and contact phone
number ASAP to:
drewcasting@yahoo.com
or
andrewaguilar@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Andrew Aguilar
(818) 848-3431
MTV LOOKING FOR THE "LATINA EXPERIENCE"
Hello
everyone,
I am working with MTV in trying to find young Latinas (age
16-22) who are PRESENTLY dealing with issues that are in conflict
with their families. MTV is focusing on the "Latina experience"
in America and would like to create a documentary of a young
Latina and her family as they struggle to live under two cultures.
Again, it's important that we find young women who are
now struggling with an issue within their families that has
arisen because their parents have different expectations and
cultural beliefs. The documentary is a tender examination
of when cultures clash. Each
episode is positive, sensitive and balanced. We've done this
with our two prior episodes on the Asian experience in America
and we're hoping to document the struggles Latinas face, as
well.
Here's a weblink that explains the show:
http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/mylifetranslated/
Please forward all emails
to
ydaviddsg@msn.com
Yasmin Davidds
Author / Empowerment Specialist
www.empoweringlatinas.com
Pura Vida,
Henry K. Priest
Nosotros American Latino Film Festival
Festival Director
HEAVY-SET LATINO
MAN NEEDED FOR FILMING
Looking for a large man (doesn't have to
be Latino, but we prefer) for "El Vacilon the Movie" this
Saturday. October 9th in L.A. We are looking for somebody
really big (300-600 pounds) to be in a funny airplane scene.
Scale pay. If you are interested, please contact
Trina Bardusco
trina@latinomediaworks.com
and include a picture.
Saludos,
Trina Bardusco
HIRING KEY POSITIONS ON LOW-BUDGET FEATURE--RESUMES
WANTED
I am co-producing a low-budget
digital feature film called "Never Say Macbeth." We
are accepting resumes for the following crew
positions:
--1st Assistant Director
--Production Manager
--Sound Mixer
--Boom Operator
--Fight Choreographer
--Caterer
--Production Assistant
Any people wishing to submit resumes should say they were
referred by Jeff Gund, and send them to joetylergold@yahoo..com.
Legend states that if someone says Macbeth in a theater, bad
things start to occur. In "Never Say Macbeth", a science teacher
says the dreaded name in a Los Angeles theater unleashing
madness, mayhem, and singing ghosts. It is a spooky comedy
in the vein of Beatlejuice.
Thanks so much,
Tammy Caplan
Alex Mendoza
Alex
Mendoza & Associates
8835 Las Tunas Drive
Temple City, CA 91780
626-614-8277
alexmend@aol.com
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