WE’RE BACK
NALIP—Latino Producers Academy™ 2005
A Resounding Success!!!
NALIP’s Board and Staff would like to thank all of the Latino Producers Academy™2005 (Feature/Documentary) Fellows, Mentors, Actors, Crew, Staff-Volunteers, Supporters and Sponsors for their valued contributions to this year’s LPA™ held in Tucson, Arizona. It was amazing experience for all those involved and definitely not your average day in the park, er, desert!
But as business gets back to usual here at NALIP HQ, we ask for any/all those involved to send us updates on your projects—along with production pics--so that we may “Spotlight” them HERE on this very LITI™ newsletter in future editions.
For all others, please continue to send us your ads, Latino related news and/or job postings, which continue to make the LITI™ newsletter bigger and better than ever!
www.nalip.org
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All early deadline entries must be postmarked by September 1, 2005 .
Final Deadline - November 1, 2005 .
DVD (NTSC/PAL/all regions), VHS (NTSC/PAL/SECAM), miniDV (NTSC only), or DVCAM (NTSC only) accepted for preview.
Official call for entries is on-line in downloadable jpeg and pdf formats at http://highplainsfilms.org/festival/entries.html
If you would like an entry form emailed to you in pdf format, please reply to bigsky@highplainsfilms.org.
Entries also accepted through www.Withoutabox.com.
Please visit - http://www.withoutabox.com/login/3969 to enter via Withoutabox.
Additional festival Information at: http://www.bigskyfilmfest.org
The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is the premier venue for non-fiction film in the American West. Screenings will be held February 16-22, 2006 on Montana 's largest movie screen at the historic Wilma Theater in downtown Missoula , Montana . Over 75 films, including world and U.S. premiers, classics, rare and experimental works will be shown during the week-long festival.
The competitive event is open to non-fiction films and videos of all styles, subject matter, lengths and production dates. Films and videos with release dates prior to September 1, 2004 are eligible for entry but will screen out of competition if selected. Awards will be given for Best Feature Documentary, Best Short Documentary and best documentary about the American West (the "Big Sky Award"). An awards reception will be held the final night with repeat screenings of award winners.
We look forward to viewing your entries!
Good luck!
Doug Hawes-Davis
Festival Programmer
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
131 South Higgins Avenue, Suite 201
Missoula , Montana 59802
(406) 541- FILM
bigsky@highplainsfilms.org
www.bigskyfilmfest.org
Open Aug.1,2005 and close on Dec.1, 2005
San Francisco Women's Film Festival is a community for the advancement, celebration and representation of women filmmakers. San Francisco Women's Film Festival accepts films and video of all lengths and genres: narrative, documentary, experimental and animation. Films and videos must be directed by or co-directed by women.
All Submissions should include an entry form. No entry fee required.
For more information or to request an entry form e-mail: scarlett@womensfilmfestival.us
Website: http://womensfilmfestival.us/
SFWFF News, Events & Discussion:
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/womensfilmfestival/
Of course, the event is months away and there is still much work to be done! Guest speakers, particularly women involved in the film industry, are also needed for educational workshops, programs, and panel discussions. Additionally, there are several sponsorship opportunities available.
Whether you are a film buff or an aspiring director, the SFWFF is an event not to be missed. In the words of its founder, it is a "...must for all film lovers! We provide a supportive atmosphere to exchange information and ideas and to assist with networking and showcasing women's cinema." Hope to see you there!
Aug. 20 – Sept. 11, 2005
Saturdays and Sundays @ 11am
* 5pm show on Saturday Sept. 3rd
For the third consecutive year East LA Rep will tour a classic play to various parks in East Los Angeles, this summer the production of R&J will be seen from the edge of East Los Angeles in Boyle Heights and as far east as the city of Whittier. An ensemble of talented actors, Richard Andrade, Mariella Saba, Francisco Garcia, Fanny Garcia, Eva G. Rios, Sergio Villarreal, Karen Anzoategui, and directed by Jesus A. Reyes bring this tragic love story of young love, parental ignorance, and societal strife to life.
East LA Rep invites you to join us in this new tradition of open-air performance at community parks. We encourage you to bring your blanket, lawn chair, and sunscreen and enjoy classic theatre under the LA sky.
At the following East Los Angeles Parks:
Aug. 20 @ Prospect Park ( Boyle Heights )
Aug. 21 @ City Terrace Park (patio)
Aug. 27 @ Hermon Park at Arroyo Seco (Hermon/Highland Park)
Aug. 28 @ Eugene A. Obregon Park
* Sept. 3 @ Belvedere Park (lakeside stage)
Sept. 4 @ Ruben F. Salazar Park
Sept. 10 @ Saybrook Park ( Montebello )
Sept. 11 @ Sorenson Park ( Whittier )
For more info: (323) 788-3880
jreyes@eastlarep.com
www.eastlarep.com
Visit www.1211entertainment.com and click on purchase DVD's to order exclusive firstlook DVD's of "My Fathers Love" and " Boyle Heights "
Two(2) new indie films from Producers Frank Aragon and Steven Bauer
Follow instructions and you will be sent an immediate link to PayPal site.
This is a first exclusive offer months and months before commercial distribution in U.S.
Very Best Regards,
1211 Entertainment
2-DAY Intensive Seminar & Workshop: October 1 & 2 2005, in Los Angeles
This seminar includes lots of useful information for those looking to sell, set up, produce or work on films.
Materials include: handouts on what companies are buying what, info on what genres are hot, what ratings are popular, and more information on what you need to make it happen. There will be copies of POWER UP's first feature film THE ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE script. This could be an amazing networking opportunity... for the beginner to the advanced and will include hands on workshops on casting and development.
DAY ONE: Saturday, October 1, 2005
Confirmed Guests:
Stacy Codikow , Exec Director/Founder of POWER UP, former Feature Film Producer (Under the Hula Moon) and Television Writer (Profiler)
Lisa Thrasher , Executive Vice President of Film Production & Distribution POWER UP, former Anti-Piracy Litigation, 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Casting Director TBA
1) How movies are sold, set up, made, from script, casting, prep, shoot, edit, post etc.
2) Development meeting: Itty Bitty Titty Committee script & discuss.
3) Case study how the script is shot, with dailies to the finished product.
DAY TWO: Sunday, October 2, 2005
Confirmed Guests:
Director: Jamie Babbit (But..I'm a Cheerleader, The Quiet, 2005, Gilmore Girls, Popular) Producer: Andrea Sperling (D.E.B.S., Prozac Nation, Pumpkin)
Writer/director/editor: Angela Robinson (D.E.B.S., Herbie: Fully Loaded)
Editor: TBA
1) Meet these talented women, hear how they did it, what they exactly do, what is in their future.
2) Individual sessions (the group) w/each guest, we will show some of their work, Q&A
REGISTER EARLY! LIMITED SEATING!
2-Day Seminar October 1 & 2, 2005 in Los Angeles
Lunch will be provided - sandwiches, beverages, pasta salad etc., parking and all materials are included. More Guests will be added.
$325 per person
$275 per person for members of WIF, Cinewomen, IFP and POWER UP associate members
$225 per person for POWER UP Professional Members or above
visa/mc or checks - no refunds! 323 463-3154
POWER UP: 419 N. Larchmont Blvd. #283 , L.A. CA 90004
Please call or send check to the above address to confirm your reservation. Hollywood location will be disclosed upon receipt.
POWER UP
Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching UP
419 N. Larchmont Blvd., #283
Los Angeles, CA 90004
JoinPOWERup@aol.com
323 463-3154
www.power-up.net
Challenging Perception Through Film
4 years as an Official Selection - Sundance Film Festival
4 years Grand Prize Winner of the Planet Out Award
Winner of over 70 international and national Film Festival Awards
?Taller de actuación y liberación personal?
28 de Agosto, 2005; De 10am a 3pm
http://www.sgmrecords.net/taller.shtml
Único taller intensivo en español para obtener un primer acercamiento al trabajo del actor. Este taller de especial interés para aquellos actores que quieran mejorar sus habilidades interpretativas, busca explorar las posibilidades expresivas del cuerpo y de la voz, entrenar la técnica de la improvisación, desarrollar la imaginación como motor para descubrir los rasgos particulares de cada actor e incorporarlos en la interpretación de personajes.
Una experiencia electrizante por medio de la cual los asistentes obtendrán seguridad y confianza en el escenario y en la vida diaria. No se necesita experiencia previa en actuación.
El curso estará a cargo de la prestigiosa actriz Greta Skelly, quien regresa de Yakarta, Indonesia donde ofreció un concierto de Zarzuela y adicionalmente, un taller para los alumnos del conservatorio de Yakarta. Greta también fue invitada especial de la XXI Conferencia de Instituciones Peruanas en Estados Unidos y Canadá en la cuidad de Nueva Cork, donde dio un concierto de Zarzuela. Además de participar en operas como "La Traviata" y "Il Signor Bruschino", sus créditos incluyen papeles estelares, tales como: Dulcinea en la puesta en escena "El Hombre de la Mancha", otras como "Aleluya,
Aleluya", "Se necesita un tenor", "Prohibido suicidarse en Primavera" y en un sin fin de comedias musicales para niños. Greta también actuó en telenovelas de difusión internacional, como "Natacha" Además continúa realizando giras artísticas como actriz y cantante por Sudamérica y los Estados Unidos y ha participado en obras teatrales y musicales tales como" Nuestro pequeño mundo", "Our Small World", "Entre mujeres" (I y II), "The West Hollywood Affair", "Los monólogos de la vagina", "The Herberger Art Day Play " y "Romeo y Julieta" En el 2004 Greta recibió dos nominaciones para el codiciado premio Zoni, por su excelente actuación en los Monólogos de la vagina y Romeo & Julieta. Greta se encuentra protagonizando la comedia musical "Sorpresas", la versión en español de "Nunsense" en Phoenix, Arizona; su caracterización de la madre superiora ha obtenido las mejores críticas de parte del público y la prensa especializada.
Para comprar boletos llame al (562)621-6535 o envíe un cheque o money order a:
SGM Records al P.O. Box 14819, Long Beach, CA 90853
Para más información escriba a info@sgmrecords.net
Boletos: $45
Garden Pavilion of the Church of Scientology
Celebrity Centre International
5930 Franklin Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Sunday August 28th, 2005
10AM - 3PM
http://www.sgmrecords.net/taller.shtml
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They've got THE POWER
By Valerie Kuklenski
Staff Writer: U-Daily News
HBO's 'Walkout' aims to keep lessons of L.A. 's 1968 student protests alive and relevant today
On a recent hot Sunday afternoon, a thousand people swarmed the steps of Los Angeles City Hall , chanting "Chicano power!" and carrying hand-lettered signs reading "Viva la raza" and "Viva la causa." Among them were militant Black Panthers and Brown Berets.
They were re-enacting a piece of Los Angeles history - one that, at the time, news accounts underreported and now school texts barely acknowledge - for director Edward James Olmos' HBO film "Walkout."
The film, airing next year, aims to capture the frustration, the anger and, ultimately, the burst of brown power that gave rise to and followed the 1968 Chicano student walkouts. And while it looks at the past, it may draw attention to the present and future regarding the continuing high dropout rate and other problems plaguing Latino students today.
Some of those students were among the Latino extras milling around City Hall, which was doubling as a city jail. Dressed in 1968 attire and hairdos, they were re-creating the protest of the jailing of the "East L.A. 13" - a young history teacher named Sal Castro (played by Michael Peña) and a dozen students who had organized the walkout of thousands of Mexican-American high school students.
It was an important day for director Olmos and for executive producer Moctezuma Esparza ("Selena"), who 37 years ago was one of the "13," helping to lead the walkouts and going to jail for it.
"I've been crying," Esparza said. "When I saw the (old Chevy Impala) police cars pull up a little while ago and the kids running up, I almost fainted. It's been a tremendously emotional experience for me."
The walkout arose because in the 1960s, Mexican-American students in Los Angeles objected to what they saw as oppressive treatment by predominantly white teachers, counselors and administrators. They were punished for speaking Spanish at school, and even the brightest were steered into trade classes like shop and home economics rather than college preparatory courses before they were pushed out the door. Only one in four graduated.
A number of activists surveyed and collected petitions from other students to illustrate the scope of the problem and turned over the findings to the Los Angeles City School Board, but nothing changed.
"It came to a boiling point in 1968, which was a year in which people all over the world were looking to transform the world into a better place," Esparza said. "Cesar Chavez had just gone into a 25-day fast, Malcolm X had been killed.... The peace movement was at its height, the civil rights movement was at its height, and these students knew that if they were going to get educational justice, they had to act and seek it on their own."
One morning in mid-March, a large number of students at Roosevelt, Garfield and other high schools walked out in protest. Word spread until 22,000 students marched out of campuses around the district. They also staged a sit-in at the school board offices.
Some among the "student" protesters turned out to be FBI agents and police officers. In the 1996 KCET/Galan Productions documentary, "Chicano! Taking Back the Schools," organizers recalled learning that, in some cases, those who proposed violent measures were really law-enforcement officers.
Olmos said he was stunned when he first saw news footage used in the "Chicano!" documentary, film that had been shot and processed by local stations and then deliberately shelved.
"It is brutal - brutal - when you see what happened to them," Olmos said. "You simply go, 'Wait a minute - this was not shown to anyone?' "
As the demonstrations settled down, school officials responded with strong words but leniency for students who merely participated (including Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at Roosevelt High) and expressed intentions to hire more minority teachers and principals. Authorities, however, arrested dozens of suspected instigators, two months later charging 13 of them with "conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor," a felony that could have meant a prison term. The charges were thrown out on appeal.
On the City Hall steps as lights and microphones were put in place, extra Joel Gomez, 18, who will study computer science at Cal Poly, reclined in a Brown Beret costume. He said he'd studied Cesar Chavez at his LaVerne high school but knew little about the walkouts before working on the film…
Full article at: http://u.dailynews.com/Stories
/0,1413,211~23544~3004229,00.html
Article Published: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 2:21:10 PM PS |
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Award Marks Film's Third Festival Win
NEW YORK (August 1, 2005) - VOY Pictures' film debut, FAVELA RISING, was awarded "Best Documentary' at the New York International Latino Film Festival last night, marking the third film festival award it has garnered since its debut in April of this year.
Recently, FAVELA RISING won its filmmakers, Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary the much-coveted "Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award" at the Tribeca Film Festival in April and the award for "Best Documentary" at Honolulu 's Cinema Paradise Film Festival in June.
More than 70 films, documentaries and short films were shown during the week-long New York International Latino Film Festival, its sixth, which ended on Saturday night. The festival was presented by HBO.
FAVELA RISING (www.favelarising.com <http://www.favelarising.com/> ) is the electrifying story of a man and a movement, a city deeply divided and a vision for a community finally united. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, the film follows Anderson Sá, a favela (slum) resident who turns social revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro 's most feared slum, the favela Vigário Geral. Sá inspires his fellow citizens with a new vision for a better life. AfroReggae, the grassroots cultural movement founded by Sá and fellow activist José Junior to connect and inspire people through music and dance, combines the sounds of hip-hop, street rhythms, and Afro-Brazilian themes. Through the movement, Sá rallies his community to counteract the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police.
Zimbalist and Mochary traveled back and forth to Brazil for more than two years, living in the favela while they chronicled the rise of AfroReggae. After earning the trust and friendship of the soulful and prophetic Sá, they were permitted unprecedented access and shot astonishing footage of daily life in the slums. Zimbalist and Mochary also taught favela children to use digital video cameras so they would be confident and competent enough to document their own lives. In fact, several remarkable sequences in the film were captured by local favela youth. The resulting feature documentary is a gripping story of man's ability to transcend violence, hunger and spiritual poverty.
(by Eugene Hernandez, July 29, 2005 )
The 2005 Venice Film Festival, which will open on August 31 st with Tsui Hark's "Seven Swords," will offer a record eleven films from the United States in its lineup, according to festival director Marco Mueller. The fest head unveiled the roster for the 62nd Venice fest Thursday morning, alongside Venice Biennale president David Croff, at a press conference in Rome , Italy . The fest will close on September 10th with a screening of Peter Ho-sun Chan's "Perhaps Love."
Among the nineteen new films in competition this year include Laurent Cantet's "Vers Le Sud", "Gabrielle" starring Isabelle Huppert, George Clooney's "Goodnight and Good Luck" starring David Strathairn, Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr, and Patricia Clarkson…
Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com: http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_050729vff.html
Ford Motor Company
DEARBORN, MI -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/28/2005 -- Ford Motor Company, in partnership with AOL Latino, continues its pioneering efforts to increase the success of Hispanic entrepreneurs with a groundbreaking online contest, El Visionario ("The Visionary"). Nely Galán, a successful Latina entrepreneur and creator of Fox-TV's "The Swan," will assist Ford in kicking off and judging the contest designed to find Hispanic entrepreneurs with visionary goals. more>>
For the first time in history, Spanish-language broadcaster WXTV is the highest-rated local newscast in New York City . The station is owned and operated by Univision Communications. Mediaweek (8/3)
Cablevision Systems will offer a free VOD sneak preview of Nick Jr.'s "Go, Diego, Go!" The spin-off of "Dora the Explorer" will be available through the interactive service's "Nick on Demand" in August -- well before the show debuts Sept. 6. Multichannel News (subscription required)
Actor recaptures his roots in Latin thriller
Miami Herald Wed, 03 Aug 2005 0:32 AM PDT
Actor John Leguizamo's last words before hanging up the phone were his first in Spanish during our conversation that had stretched out over two days: ``Suerte y un abrazo.''
Stone Gets More Actors for 9/11 Movie
Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:16 am PDT
AP - Michael Pena, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Maria Bello have been added to the cast of Oliver Stone's upcoming film about the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the World Trade Center. Full Story
Hollywood's Latino elite at 'Secuestro Express' premiere
Elite TV Thu, 04 Aug 2005 9:09 AM PDT
Los Angeles, August 3 We d guess it was film producer Elizabeth Avellan who drew the hottest Hollywood Latinas to the Pacific Design Center for the premiere of her thriller, "Secuestro Express".
San Sebastian unveils Spanish titles set for competition Four Spanish films to compete for Golden Shell, plus two Spanish co-productions - including Fabien Bielensky's Nine Queens follow-up.
Going back to her television roots, Salma Hayek will star for Oprah Winfrey in an adaptation of the Toni Morrison novel. ( By Mark Umbach)
Oscar-nominated actress Salma Hayek is going back to her television roots. The Frida star will join Oprah Winfrey in her quest to bring Toni Morrison's Paradise to the small screen. Hayek will star in the four-hour miniseries that Winfrey is producing through her Harpo Films for ABC.
Darnell Martin, who recently wrote and directed the Emmy-nominated Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God, will serve in the same capacity for the Paradise mini. The story revolves around a multiple women that were murdered in the small town of Ruby , Okla. , by a group of black men. The book then delves into the tumultuous 100-year history of the predominantly black town.
Full story: http://www.filmstew.com/Content/Article.asp?ContentID=12051
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Job Description:
English speaking Latino National Cable Network (check us out: www.sitv.com ) seeks Freelance Editor (1) with Professional Experience for Reality Weekly Series URBAN JUNGLE (Season 2) for immediate start. EOE.
Job Requirements: Must have Broadcast Television Experience as a Reality Series Editor on Final Cut Pro 5.
Salary: $300 daily Editor rate
Contact us: Please email Cover Letter & Resume/Credit List. If interested we will contact you to see your reel.
Reply via Email:editor@sitv.com. Please send resume as text in body of email. Please send resume as an attachment
Comments: No Phone Calls or Hand Deliveries.
Job Duties:
--Furniture and Set Decoration Shopping Savy, must know all of the high-end thrift stores and furniture outlets in Los Angeles County
--Must be able to execute direction well and independently
--Must be detail oriented
--Computer skills a must
--Must have the ability to problem solve and troubleshoot in a fast-paced production environment
--Must be available to start immediately
--Must like paperwork and organization
Be sure to mention you were sent by Jeff Gund, and submit resumes ASAP via e-mail only to wendy@tidalwavetv.com
Freelance position, open-ended. Make daily work assignments for photographers, editors and audio personnel in a busy News bureau. Keep schedule of personnel and events and maintain a billing database of all activities.
Requirements: (If you don't have all 5 of the minimum qualifications below, DO NOT apply!)
1. Basic knowledge of video production and transmission is required.
2. Ability to coordinate staff and facilities at maximum efficiency.
3. Fluency in MS Office productivity software a must, experience with Access preferred.
4. Personal attributes: Must be a self starter and be able to work with minimum supervision. Must be well organized and detailed oriented.
5. Fluency in foreign language.
RAI Corp.
Michael Harabin
925 848 1414 - Faxes only.
P.O.V. (point-of-view) is television¹s longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction film, premiering 14-16 high-impact documentaries every year on PBS. Hailed by critics as among the most important and relevant programming on television, P.O.V. films have won every coveted television and film award, including 18 Emmys, ten George Foster Peabody Awards, eight Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Broadcast Journalism Awards, three Academy Awards, and the Prix Italia.
We are currently seeking interns for fall placement in the following areas: production, press & promotion, community outreach, youth outreach, and interactive.
We are looking for candidates who are motivated and organized with strong communication and writing skills, as well as attention detail. Interns must be able to commit to a minimum of 10 hours per week. Internships are unpaid; school credit can be arranged. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to visit the P.O.V. Web site to learn more about each department: www.pbs.org/pov
Applications should be submitted directly to the department overseeing your specific area of interest (see below). To apply, please send resume and cover letter detailing your interest in an internship.
CONTACTS:
Production: Yance Ford, Coordinating Producer, yford@pov.org
Press & promotion: Marcus Oden and Jillian Ayala, Communications
Coordinators, moden@pov.org, jayala@pov.org
Community outreach: Eliza Licht, Community Engagement Manager, elicht@pov.org
Youth outreach: Irene Villasenor, Youth Views Manager, villasenor@pov.org
Interactive: Juliet Gorman, Associate Producer, P.O.V. Interactive jgorman@pov.org
NEEDED ASAP: Boom Operator.
They prefer someone who has their own equipment. Shooting until the end of this month of August. If you or anyone else knows anyone interested in working on this wonderful
film, please contact Eddie at 415 260-4170
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