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Show your support and solidarity and go see ‘Secuestro Express’ this weekend!
starring Mia Maestro & Ruben Blades
Executive Produced by NALIP—Outstanding Achievement in Producing Award recipient, Elizabeth Avellan, the film—which is currently in limited release in Miami, Los Angeles and New York—depicts a young couple that tries to survive while held captive in their car by three kidnappers who cruise around Caracas, Venezuela.
Visit: http://www.secuestroexpress.com/ to see the movie Trailer and to retrieve movie dates and show times near you. Or check your local listings for a participating theatre near you.
Let’s make this movie a hit!!! |
Joaquin “Kino” Gil was this year’s Latino Producers Academy™ 2005 creative special effects consultant. Kino is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts Film and Video Master's program.
At Cal Arts, he specialized in what today is widely known as "digital imaging"; using unusual mixtures of animation, live action film and video, photography, drawing and painting, electro-acoustic music and computer programming. By then, however, Kino had already had another Master's in Anthropology and extensive experience as an experimental musician and computer artist, receiving awards for more than forty documentaries on the arts and the crafts of Costa Rica, where he grew up. Before becoming independent, his effects work can be seen in major feature films including the Academy Award winner, As Good as It Gets, the cultish Starship Troopers, and hits Godzilla, Anaconda, City of Angels and The Craft. He was also a member of the team that created the award-winning initial "Universe" shot for the Zemeckis' film Contact, to which he contributed effects for the Machine and Beach sequences too. He has contributed work in ads for Cascade, Ajax , Eveready, Sony, Honda and Toyota , besides corporate assignments and local Latino American brands.
Participants at this year’s Latino Producers Academy™ 2005 were mentored by a series of speakers with first-hand demonstrations by Mr. Gil on the possibilities of digital imaging, animation and special effects with the same high-end tools that are used in the creation of digital images and visual effects for popular feature films and TV shows. Among the tools selected is prominent MAYA, a high-end animation package responsible for the character "Gollum" in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, or the flexibility of Spiderman in the summer blockbusters. Serious Magic has contributed their award-winning Ultra2 green-screen removal and DVRack D.P. instrumentation software, and Curious Software of London has authorized the use of their flagship gFx paint, rotoscopy and compositing solution, recently licensed by Adobe.
"Storytelling with images today requires at least passing knowledge of how images can be made beyond the time-honored way of pointing a camera at something", Mr. Gil points out while changing a limpid blue summer sky into a stormy churning of purple clouds for a drama scene. "The producer of today has to know of the possibilities of tools and methods that are by now well established as solutions throughout our industry in this dawning of the XXIst Century."
Mr. Gil currently works from his Marina del Rey's KiNO.digital (http://home1.gte.net/kino ), a web-enabled, workstation-based boutique studio specialized in digital film production, computer animation and special effects for commercials and the indie community. The shop offers refined production and post production techniques that digitally bypass many of the traditional processes and machinery to achieve cost-effective budgets that owe more than in passing to the marriage of computers and film/video.
At NALIP’s Latino Producers Academy™, Mr. Gil demonstrated image creation and manipulation for documentary and feature projects with digital tools by Apple, Alias/Maya, Curious Software (recently licensed by Adobe), Serious Magic, Ulead and Panasonic, among others…
NALIP would like to thank KiNO as well as all of the contributing software companies for their participation at the 2005 LPA™
When: October 21-23, 2005 , Radisson Hotel City Center , Tucson , Arizona
Get an edge into the film business as world class instructors, including Linda Seger, help you realize your unique vision. Industry professionals such as distribution rep Mark Steven Bosko, present cutting edge tools to market your film.
Early registration fee (by September 21) is only $85. We're giving an additional $5 off to NALIP members making it only $80 for two full days of intensive workshops. (Use discount code: NALIP.) Price includes notebook and Featured Filmmaker Luncheon. Other events are the Opening Night Screening, Filmmakers Mixer, and a location tour of legendary Old Tucson Studios.
Information and registration forms at: www.reelinspiration.org, reelinspiration@hotmail.com, OR call 520-325-9175.
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2005 ( 10:00am - 1:00pm )
Location: SWAMP Office (1519 West Main , Houston , TX 77006 )
Instructor: Mary Lampe, Executive Director – SouthWest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP)
Cost: $30 General; $20 SWAMP members and students with valid student IDs
Workshop Description:
As a filmmaker, the most important equipment you have is not your camera. The answer is simple—it’s paper and pencil—the basic tools for writing a grant proposal. Competition for funding is tough. Your application must be more than good; it’s got to be great! The class will cover the essentials of research and development of proposals for noncommercial projects.
For more information and to register, please call 713-522-8592 ext. 2 or email us at swamp@swamp.org.
DIVA, (Diverse and Inclusive Visionary Artists), the only Los Angeles based non-profit organization of multi-ethnic LGBT group of media professionals and Here!, the first premium gay and lesbian television network, cordially invites NALIP members and friends to:
MARGARET CHO: ASSASSIN
WORLD PREMIERE
In Person: Margaret Cho
When: Wednesday, AUGUST 24 @ 7:30 pm
Where: Rigler Theatre @ The Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. , Hollywood , CA 90028
An Outfest Wednesdays Special Pre-Release Presentation
Co-hosted by DIVA : Diverse and Inclusive Visionary Artists
Post Screening Reception hosted by Absolut
To purchase tickets: http://www.outfest.org/outfest/oftickets.html
Please note this is a special screening, no Outfest member comps will be accepted.
The incomparable Margaret Cho roars back onto the screen with her latest concert, The Assassin Tour, recorded live in May of 2005 at the Warner Theater in Washington D.C. Uproariously funny, poignant and scathing, this is one event movie you won't want to miss!
Assassin features fresh doses of Cho's always ground-breaking, controversial and hilarious brand of humor from her critically acclaimed, State of Emergency tour. Says Margaret, "It's a raw
interpretation of what's happening daily in our ever-evolving or devolving state of the union."
The show will include some of the crowd pleasing routines from her critically acclaimed, Fall 2004, State of Emergency Tour, that kicked off at The Apollo Theatre (The New York Times called it "Murderously Funny!") then visited swing states prior to the election. As a performer
she has never failed to entertain and engage, and as a human rights activist she has never let her voice be silenced.
Assassin will premiere in September 2005 Exclusively on Here! and in select theaters nationwide. www.heretv.com
For more information on Margaret Cho, visit her website at www.margaretcho.com
Outfest Wednesdays is the only LGBT-themed weekly screening series in the country.
For more information about Outfest and its other programs: www.outfest.org
DIVA is the only Los Angeles based grassroots non-profit organization dedicated in promoting the creative work of multi-ethnic LGBT artists in the media (film, television, theater, music, arts and fashion). www.queerdiva.com
This event is expected to be sold-out…purchase your tickets now! See you there!
The National Association of Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB) is seeking a short film that portrays a Latino family bettering themselves to screen at this year's annual conference. They are willing to fly and accommodate 3 people to the conference to present it. If you have produced or know of someone with such a film, please reply to carlos@g2eservices.com ASAP.
Thank you.
NALIPsters:
Film Independent's Project: Involve and Tia Chucha's Cafe present a free screening of
ROBBING PETER, directed by Mario de la Vega and produced by NALIP member Lisa Y.
Garibay.
When: Saturday, August 20, 6:00pm .
Where: Ritchie Valens Recreation Center Club Room, 10736 Laurel Canyon Blvd , Pacoima.
Early arrival recommended – this screening will fill up fast! Q&A with cast & crew and tamale reception to follow the screening. ROBBING PETER - which received four 2005 Independent Spirit Awards - consists of three intertwined stories following characters affected by crime as they
come into contact with an illegal shipment traveling along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Visit www.robbingpeter.com for more news and details.
Over 1,000 films were screened to find 10 films!
’UnderDOG’—directed by NALIP member Henry K. Prient—makes the list!
Amazon Theater/Tribeca Film Festival (Amazon.com and Robert De Niro's film festival) will present this selection of short films that were screened at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival during its first four years.
NOW SHOWING:
’UnderDOG’
U.S.A. , 2003, 10 min, Color
It's worldwide and you haven't seen it yet!?
What's 10 minutes of laughter in your life?
Gather the kids! Put the volume up! Sign our guestbook!
GO HERE >> http://www.UnderDOGthefilm.com
GO HERE >> http://www.amazon.com/screeningroom
The Media Arts Center San Diego's Teen Producers Project will be airing its 12 part 1/ 2 hour youth produced documentary series Tu Voz TV starting Friday, August 12th at 8:00 pm Pacific on Free Speech TV DISH Network Channel 9415. The series is featured in Free Speech TV's Community Works Program: an on-going series from community media and arts centers across the US . Each episode will repeat for the entire week and a new episode will air each Friday to follow. Free Speech TV reaches over 17 million homes in the U.S.
Visit www.freespeech.org for TU VOZ TV show-times in your area during the next 12 weeks. Tu Voz is a multilingual expression of youth voices in the San Diego/Tijuana border region. The television series showcases video projects produced, written, shot, and edited by underserved youth throughout San Diego County . Episode titles include: "Give and Take," "How We Get By," "The Way I See It," "Refugee Voices," "A Common Future," "Girls Tell Stories," "Youth Camera Action!," and "Tu Voz TV Highlights." The series seeks to connect the lives of youth from different communities by providing a common platform for them to express their views. Some of the important issues the series addresses include migrant and refugee experiences, access to education, affordable housing, personal transformation, cultural identity, and civic engagement.
The entire video series can also be viewed on www.tuvoz.tv as well as on DVD. DVD copies include discussion and resource guides which can be used to implement the series into K-12 classrooms, in accordance with California State Education Standards. Major funding for Tu Voz was provided by: California Council for the Humanities' Communities Speak Initiative. Communities Speak is a statewide initiative that will engage people across the state in a variety of story-based activities designed to address local issues and strengthen communities.
For more information, please call Media Arts Center San Diego's Robert Bodle, Director of Education, at 619-230-1938 ext. 102 or learn more about the series on-line at: www.tuvoz.tv.
NALIPsters,
Hello, my name is Javier Ruiz, a San Antonio native currently stationed in Maryland. I just wanted to let you know that EarthCast.TV is giving away $1000 and a free 1 year online video broadcasting package to the best independent short film produced for EarthCast.TV broadcasting. Official launching of our website is Sept 27. Submit Videos preferably in MP4 format.
Deadline is 17Sep05. No entry Fee. Contact me for more instructions at info@earthcast.tv No catches, I’m just trying to give back during our official launch party.
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A New Multiplex Is Aiming to Capture a Bilingual Audience
--New York Times
By DAVID BERNSTEIN
Published: August 1, 2005
As a child living in East Los Angeles , Moctesuma Esparza, a veteran film and television producer, would often go with his father to see classic Mexican movies or the latest Hollywood fare at the Million Dollar Theater, the Orpheum or other movie palaces downtown.
"In southern California, there were 40 theaters that played Spanish-language movies when I was growing up," said Mr. Esparza, 56, who produced "Selena," "Price of Glory," "Gods and Generals," "Gettysburg" and other films. "If you look at Latino communities all over the country now, there are no modern entertainment centers; they no longer exist."
Last Friday Mr. Esparza opened the first multiplex of the Maya Cinemas, a theater chain he dreamed up five years ago to serve the growing number of Latino moviegoers. The 14-screen, 2,900-seat theatre is located in Salinas , Calif. , a farming community where two-thirds of the population is Latino.
Like the Magic John son Theaters chain, which operates in five predominantly black or mixed neighborhoods, Maya Cinemas will offer first-run Hollywood films. But in each theater, one or two screens will be set aside for Spanish-language or other foreign and independent films. Latino moviegoers, Mr. Esparza said, "want to see movies where they get to see themselves."
Mr. Esparza has big expansion plans for the chain; by next year, he expects to add new multiplexes, totaling 65 screens, in Bakersfield and Inglewood , Calif. , and in Santa Fe and Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M. "Our plan is to build six, seven facilities with 14 to 20 screens a year to get around 500 screens," he said.
But industry analysts say building a theater circuit is expensive and risky. It was only a few years ago that Regal, Loews and a dozen other movie chains filed for bankruptcy court protection; the multiplex construction binge of the late 1990's created a glut of screens. Michael Harpster, a former executive at New Line Cinema who now consults on marketing movies to Latinos and other audiences, said he believed that Maya Cinemas "should work."
"But the theater business is the theater business," he said.
Photo: Peter DaSilva for NY Times
Mr. Esparza, who has been an outspoken promoter of Latino films, points to the huge growth of the Latino population in the United States , which now numbers more than 40 million. Some forecasts say that by 2100, one in three Americans will be of Latino heritage. And according to the Motion Picture Association of America, Latinos are the most active movie-going ethnic group, averaging about 11 films a year each; non-Latinos go to the movies only about half as much.
In many respects, Maya Cinemas theaters will be similar to other big-chain multiplexes: huge screens, plush stadium seating and state-of-the-art sound and projection systems. As for concessions, there will be all the standard movie fare - popcorn, candy and hotdogs - plus some Latino favorites like burritos and churros.
All of the theaters will be outfitted with grand lobbies and colorful Mayan motifs, which Mr. Esparza said was intended as a throwback to the movie palaces he recalls from his youth, such as the Chinese, Egyptian and Mayan theaters in Hollywood . And since movies are often family activities for Latinos, there will be "cry rooms," separate seating areas where parents with young children can watch movies without disturbing other moviegoers.
But Mr. Esparza is planning to build theaters as box-office attendance has been declining. Through July 17, ticket sales were down about 7 percent from a year ago, and attendance during this summer's blockbuster season was off 13 percent, according to Exhibitor Relations Company, which tracks box-office results.
Mr. Esparza bristled at any suggestion of a box-office slump. "It's a phenomenon of people having short-term vision as to what's going on and saying, 'Wow, gee, we're down from last summer,' " he said. "But last summer we were huge."
He also dismissed arguments that technologies like TiVo, video games, DVD's, video-on-demand and the Internet are keeping more moviegoers at home. "Everybody's got a kitchen," he said. "But the restaurant business continues to grow."
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THE HALL OF MOCTESUMA
Monterey County Herald Tue, 09 Aug 2005 6:13 AM PDT
If Maya Cinemas was a movie, Moctesuma Esparza would be the star.
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Comedies, Thrillers and Coming-of-Age Sexuality are Highlights of the Award-Winning and Critically-Acclaimed Films from Spain and Latin America
LOS ANGELES, CA – In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Warner Home Video will release a variety of critically acclaimed, award-winning Latino films on DVD. The titles offer a wide range of genres in Spanish with English subtitles, which include La Niña Santa (The Holy Girl), an HBO film from acclaimed writer-director Lucrecia Martel and produced by Spain ’s leading director, Pedro Almodovar. The Holy Girl poignantly captures two teenage girls as they adjust to their growing sexuality and religious passion. La Segunda Noche (The Second Night), produced by Televisa, it was the third-largest box office grossing local production ever in Mexico and is a comedy about the trials and tribulations of teenagers in Mexico . From the catalog of Venevision International, the Miami-based entertainment company from the Cisneros Group, comes Días de Fútbol (Soccer Days), a comedy about seven friends who form a soccer team and find life is never what it seems. The film was winner of The 2004 Goya Award (Spanish Oscars) for best actor (Fernando Terjero), and received four total GOYA nominations. Nos Miran (They’re Watching), a psychological thriller about a police officer investigating 20 years of disappearances, which won the 2003 Fantasporto “Critics Award” in Portugal and the Goya Award for Best Cinematography. Santos Peregrinos (Holy Pilgrims), A wacky, bawdy whodunit set in a Mexico City apartment, starring renowned Mexican actress Carmen Salinas and the comedian and host of the wildly-successful late night talk show Otro Rollo, Adal Ramones. During its Mexican theatrical release, Holy Pilgrims outgrossed “Bridget Jones Diary: Edge of Reason.”
Additionally, Warner Home Video will also release “The Mambo Kings” for the first time ever on DVD, which will include an additional scene not shown in theatres, Director’s commentary and a behind-the-scenes featurette. All titles will debut September 6, 2005 and will be available everywhere DVD’s are sold. Warner Home Video brings you the best in high-quality contemporary Latin American cinema as well as the best English-language Latino themed films.
Films listed (above) will be released on DVD September 6, 2005 .
To request artwork and/or screeners please contact Reyes Entertainment @ 323.852.1525
Los Angeles , CA ( Aug 08, 2005 ) – Sí TV, the first English-language Latino cable network, today kicks off the third season production cycle of “The Drop.” Twenty-four episodes of the music series are slated to be shot through September 20, 2005 with an additional twenty-four episodes beginning January 2006.
“Pairing up hot acts like Ivy Queen and established actors like Anthony Anderson is exactly what ‘The Drop’ is all about; seamlessly featuring multicultural performers who reflect the changing face of entertainment,” says Jeff Valdez, Sí TV co-founder and chairman. “We are excited about our third season and look forward to continuing to project the multifaceted interests of our viewers.”
“The Drop” is a music variety show featuring celebrity interviews, live performances, videos, and dance competitions. Season three confirmed guests include Machete Music marvel the queen of reggaetón herself Ivy Queen, Reggaetón super-duo producers Luny Tunes, Latin alternative rock band—La Secta Allstar—Puerto Rico’s answer to the Rolling Stones, Latium recording artist Natalie, TVT recording artists Ying Yang Twins, singing sensation Nina Sky, Norteño Hip Hop artist Chingo Bling, actress Constance Marie from "The George Lopez Show", Gina Torres, who is starring in Josh Whedon's upcoming film "Serenity", and Anthony Anderson who is currently starring in "Hustle & Flow."
Past guests include Eva Longoria, Ricardo Chavira and Emmy nominee Lupe Ontiveros (Desperate Housewives), Wilmer Valderrama, America Ferrera (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), Carlos Mencia (Mind of Mencia), Judy Reyes (Scrubs), Freddie Rodriguez (Six Feet Under), Frankie J., Tego Calderon and Daddy Yankee.
As Sí TV’s top rated series, “The Drop,” continues to entertain viewers age 18-24 with a young and hip daily variety show focused on what’s hot in urban music and culture. A notable destination of choice, the daily variety show airs at 5 PM EST /PST on DISH and various cable channels across the nation. “The Drop” features live in-studio performances by some of today’s hottest chart toppers, as well as candid interviews highlighting celebrity-talent from the world of film and TV.
The work of indigenous and other "under-represented minority culture filmmakers and photographers from around the world" will be heralded at the upcoming All Roads Film Festival,
taking place in Washington , D.C. and Los Angeles beginning in September. The four-day multimedia event will feature four evening programs accompanied by a live musical performance by Latin/reggae and techno group Sidestepper. Additionally, the events will include panel discussions with select filmmakers, photographers and artists, and there will be a photography
exhibit and other displays from various countries around the world.
Both short and feature documentaries, animation and music videos from around the globe are slated as well as a special program entitled, "Women Hold Up Half the Sky," a focus on women filmmakers. Among the titles set to screen in the festival are the world premiere of Emma Kaye and Eric Oldrin's South African feature "Beyond Freedom," as well as the U.S. debut of the Maori doc "Passion and Conflict," and Maori short "Kerosene Creek." Also scheduled are the L.A. and Washington , D.C. premieres of "Planet of the Arabs," "Arabs A-Go-Go," "Teaching of the Tree People," "The Hunter," "Green Bush," and "Plains Empty."
Read the Full Story @ www.indieWIRE.com;
http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_050815all.html
Long-time NALIP supporter and South Texas Latino actor, Peter Gonzales Falcon, who broke into starring roles in Italian films in the early 1970's and at that time portrayed the young Federico Fellini in "Fellini's Roma" and played Peleas in the the Liliana Cavani film "L'Hospite has been signed to portray the chief of police of Juarez, Mexico in Gregory Nava's "Bordertown." The film stars Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas and Sonia Braga. Filming is currently in progress in Albuquerque, NM.
Congratulations Peter!!!
Nielsen, Long a Gauge of Popularity, Fights to Preserve Its Own
By LORNE MANLY and RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Nielsen Media Research, the television ratings arbiter, is trying to remake its image after an industry dispute turned into a public contretemps with racial overtones.
Spanish production house Filmax Entertainment taps Gary Oldman to star in The Backwoods, to be filmed in English and Spanish.
By Dennis Michael (www.filmstew.com)
Spanish producer Filmax Entertainment is getting serious about producing English-language features. Filmax distributed Darkness through Dimension Films in the U.S.; it has Fragile, with Calista Flockhart, making its premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month; and it will soon begin the long-awaited film version of the period thriller Perfume, The Story of a Murderer, starring Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman.
Full story at: http://www.filmstew.com/Content/Article.asp?ContentID=12090
Valderrama to host MTV trash-talk show
USA Today Tue, 16 Aug 2005 8:24 AM PDT
Wilmer Valderrama, who plays Fez on That '70s Show, will host a trash-talking competition series, Yo Momma, set to air on MTV next year.
EDIT HOUSE LUCHA LIBRE EXPANDS TO NEW YORK, SOON MIAMI
Post Magazine Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:24 AM PDT
NEW YORK - Santa Monica-based edit house Lucha Libre (www.luchalibre.cc) has expanded to New York, and has plans to open up shop in Miami in the coming weeks. The facility is owned and operated by Hispanics, and caters specifically to the Hispanic market.
These days, the maverick filmmaker is literally working from dusk till dawn, thanks to a Tarantino collaboration, a pair of Special Edition DVDs and much, much more.
By Kevin Biggers (www.filmstew.com)
Don’t worry, Hollywood ; Robert Rodriguez is just fine. After the director best known for his moderately-budgeted, high-action films based in Mexico left - or was forced to leave - the Director’s Guild of America due to credit complexities (Rodriguez adamantly insisted on Sin City creator Frank Miller to be credited as co-director), several studios jettisoned Rodriguez from major projects. The reportedly $100-million-budgeted blockbuster A Princess of Mars lost the boundary-pushing director as a result. As everyone predicted, Rodriguez and the major Hollywood studios have seen the last of each other.
For full story, go to: http://www.filmstew.com/Content/Article.asp?ContentID=12143
Traveling Movie-Theater Features Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinema
HispanicBusiness.com Tue, 16 Aug 2005 8:48 AM PDT
San Antonio , TX-- (HISPANIC PR WIRE)-- August 15, 2005 --Via a state-of-the-art 18-wheel mobile movie theater, The Hispanic Film Heritage Tour is bringing free showings of classics from Mexico s golden age of cinema to movie lovers in the Washington , D.C. area.
Influencing America
Time Magazine Sun, 14 Aug 2005 6:55 AM PDT
Hispanics aren't just in the mainstream, they're shaping it
Cover Package--
Intro :, Alberto Gonzales , Mel Martinez , Lionel Sosa , Antonio Gonzalez , Antonio Villaraigosa , Cristina Saralegui , Gustavo Santaolalla , Robert Rodriguez , Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez , Anthony Romero , Arturo Moreno , George Lopez , Jennifer Lopez , Jorge Perez , Mari Carmen Ramirez , Narciso Rodriguez , Aida Giachello , Bill Richardson , Jorge Ramos , Pablo Alvarado , Mario Molina , Jose Gomez , Salma Hayek , Sara Martinez Tucker , and Ysrael Seinuk .
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Mas & More Entertainment is looking for an Editor to complete a Trailer-Short of HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND, an original TV Pilot. Project to be finished ASAP for presentation to producers and investors. Credit, copy and “foot-in-the-door” provided. Please contact Miguel Mas at Mas & More Entertainment at 323-365-5610 or send by email resume and contact info to: Mas@masandmore.com
Also you can check the website at: www.masandmore.com
“A TRIUNFAR CON EL ARTE”
Miguel Mas
674 Echo Park Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Tel: 213-250-9162
www.masandmore.com
Seeking an experienced GRAPHIC ARTIST, to teach youth how to photoshop, build websites, do various graphic layouts, etc, etc…
--You should be avail. 2-4 days per/week, MONDAY thru THURSDAY, for 2-3 hours each/day.
--Pay is about $25 per hour, at various locations with in the city of SANTA ANA , in the OC
--FEMALE preferred, and if possible BILINGUAL; -though it is not a requirement.
For more info please call: Alex D. Cortez @ 714-791-1238 or email: alexdcortez@yahoo.com
WHAT: The Wizard Of Aztlan written by ChUSMA: Migra, chota, and NAFTA… ay buey!” When Latin American revolutionary Conciencia doubts herself and her commitment, she begins a pilgrimage north to meet Aztlan's wizard, the Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl. Along with her newfound comrades, the disgruntled landless farmer, disillusioned union organizer, and disreputable migrant smuggler, Conciencia challenges the wicked general “El Ouch,” NAFTA, the INS, and American economic and cultural imperialism. In true Zapatista fashion, Conciencia eventually brings her struggle for truth, justice, and the indigenous way back to her own community, putting a whole new pin on Dorothy's original recognition that “There's no place like home.”
-- Martin Hernandez , LA Weekly
WHEN & WHERE:
Auditions will be held on: Tuesday, August 23rd at Galeria Mundo & Toma Esperanza
4024 N. Figueroa St, LA. (in Highland Park ) Ca. 90065
Audition time: 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
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Wednesday, August 24th at Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural
12737 Glenoaks Blvd., #22, Sylmar, CA 91342
Audition time: 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
ROLES AVAILABLE:
--General Ouch: age: 25 and up any build, cocky.
--Chupiro: age: 18 to 35, dorky, sidekick, torturer apprentice.
--The Wizard: age: 40 and up, Veterano type.
--Animo: age: 25 and up male or female, coyote, hustler
--Also 2-3 more actors/actresses needed to play various roles for ensemble cast.
CONTACT INFO:
ChusmaChusma@aol.com
Address: P.O. Box 55651
Valencia , CA 91385
Voice mail: (818)429-6083
ABOUT CHUSMA: The theatrical trio ChUSMA has been together since 1995. They have toured their original work throughout the States of California, Oregon , Washington , Michigan , Wyoming , Illinois , New Mexico , Idaho , and Wisconsin . Internationally ChUSMA has presented their material in Mexico City and Oventic , Chiapas . In 2002 ChUSMA's play "The Wizard of Aztlan" was chosen for a production out of a national search for new plays by Teatro Humanidad of Texas . ChUSMA will be holding auditions in the Los Angeles area and Sylmar for their latest play “The Wizard Of Aztlan.”
Experienced reality TV producer/director is shooting a DV short that tells the story of a couple's blissful beginning and agonizing end in the most revealing of places, the bathroom.
Crew Positions Needed:
--DP (Preferably someone who's shot intimate stories in small spaces. Photography experience a plus.)
--Production Designer
--Audio
--Make-up and Hair
--PAs
E-mail: salpaniagua@earthlink.net or call 310-720-5047 for more information.
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