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A BETTER LIFE by Chris Weitz – Film review
When I first discovered that Chris Weitz, the filmmaker of big broad studio movies like American Pie and Twilight New Moon had made a Chicano film I admittedly rolled my eyes. As a first...
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Meet Aurora Guerrero, filmmaker of Mosquita Y Mari, and a girl after my own...
Aurora "Si Se Pudo" Guerrero I’m swelling with pride over home girl, Aurora Guerrero, whose years-in-the making, crowd funded, first feature Mosquita y Mari which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film...
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Meet Jose Álvarez, the soulful filmmaker of Canícula
Top Doc Director, Jose Alvarez Nothing beats the physical thrill of absorbing a high sensory image on the big screen, and in this past year’s Morelia Film Festival I had one of those unforgettable...
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MEXICAN DOCUMENTARY FOR SOCIAL CHANGE – SPOTLIGHT: DE PANZAZO!
De Panzazo! is a high profile social activist documentary that sounds the alarm on the failing public education system in Mexico and therein demands an urgent call to action from its viewers. Directed...
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FILM REVIEW: GIRL IN PROGRESS is sweet and just a tad spicy
From Latino studio, Pantelion Films, Girl in Progress stars Eva Mendes as Grace, an immature and impetuous single working mother who faces off with her equally impetuous but way more mature, scholarly...
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The Latino in LA Film Festival
Looking at yesterday’s announcement of Film Independent’s Los Angeles Film Festival reveals a healthy Latino presence among the 62 features and 48 short films in the program. Here’s how I break down...
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FILM REVIEW: THE CRUMBLES – viva punk rock soul – GO
Yo! San Francisco, Chicago and NYC! Trucking through their nationwide DIY theatrical release, the LA Echo Park set indie rock film, The Crumbles is heading to your cities! This Saturday at the Roxie...
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#LAFF2013 – Floored by the vision of Grace Lee Boggs
Watch the amazing Grace at the premiere of her documentary American Revolutionary talking about our responsibility to converse, reflect and self transform so we may continue to evolve as a human race...
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Don’t miss the PBS Social Screening: REBEL by Maria Agui Carter
PBS is doing a really awesome thing for social activist/educational mobilization and awareness for all the arts. It’s called OVEE and it’s a new live, interactive social screening platform where you...
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#LAFF2013 Tapia – The Indomitable Spirit & Legacy of Johnny Tapia
The brief and tumultuous life of prizefighter Johnny Tapia, who passed away last year at the age of 45, elicits overwhelming empathy and incredible awe. The documentary directed by Eddie Alcazar,...
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