We are fast approaching the 19th Annual National Association of Latino Independent Producers Media Summit. Here are some of your workshops and panels you may have missed out on last year!
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Alana De La Garza is returning to the CBS fold. The former Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders star has been tapped as one of the three leads in CBS drama pilot Chiefs, from David Hudgins and Carol Mendelsohn.
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NALIP is excited to say "Black Panther" is culturally stepping up the Hollywood game by showing more diversity for people of color. It's one of the first films in a long time that has shown a cultural shift and is already showing successful numbers for a comic-book film.
Daniel Eduvijes Carrera recently had an article featured by Djerassi, where he discussed his time in their residence program and his background as a first generation Mexican-American filmmaker. His article got in depth about how the program allowed him to step away from the rigid expectations and deadlines he set for himself and instead focus on the art of creating and collaborating with others. His experience in the program also helped shape his relationship with his identity as a member of an often under-represented community, and how that could be something that drove his work instead of inhibited it. Carrera previously won the 2017 Djerassi Residency Award for the development of his debut feature screenplay, Místicos, a supernatural drama that explores spiritual development and gay identity amid the rise of exorcism in rural Mexico.
Women take center stage in the upcoming sci-fi action thriller Annihilation, as this cast featurette released by Paramount Pictures lets the leading ladies speak to the significance of having an all-female team for a big budget genre movie. Just click on the player below to see what the cast has to say about being part of such an important movie for pop culture.
Warner Bros. Pictures, NALIP, and UNIDOS invite you to attend a screening of the upcoming film "Game Night" featuring Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman on Tuesday, February 20th, 7:00pm at AMC Century City in Los Angeles.
Evolve Entertainment Fund will aim to give youth in underprivileged communities a chance at a job in Hollywood
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garrett announced on Monday the start of the Evolve Entertainment Fund, a partnership with filmmakers like Ava DuVernay and groups like Film Independent with the goal of offering youth in underprivileged communities a chance at a job in Hollywood.
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After starring in 73 episodes of “Jane The Virgin,” Gina Rodriguez is stepping behind the camera. “Chapter Seventy-Four,” which airs Feb. 9, marks Rodriguez’s debut as a director.
Hoping to bring in a larger Latino viewership, Starz will premiere Vida, a new half-hour, LGBTQ Latina drama series, this spring. The show follows two Mexican-American sisters, Emma (Mishel Prada) and Lyn (Melissa Barrera), who return to their old neighborhood on the Eastside of Los Angeles and are forced to confront their mother’s shocking past.
