NewFilmmakers Spring Series
Wednesday, May 2ndNewFilmmakers welcomes the National Association of Latino Independent Producers.
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS MOCKS DOCS & MORE
Kari Miller, Meagan Bond, Artem Agafonov and Jon Boal CANARY IN THE COAL MINE:SAVING THE SEA TURTLES OF COSTA RICA (2006, 20 Minutes, Mini DV)
Ross Guidici SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS (2005, 7 Minutes, Mini DV)
Mika Johnson YONDER (2006, 20 Minutes, Mini DV)
Michael Anderson DALE CRAWFORD: MUSICIAN / DETECTIVE (2006, 11 Minutes, Mini DV)
7:00PM NewLatino Filmmakers PROGRAM
Curated by Edwin Pagan
NewLatino Filmmakers Pre Cinco de Mayo Film Celebration May 2ndNewLatino Filmmakers Screening Series presents a Pre Cinco de Mayo filmcelebration featuring the work of two NALIP-New York member's films --Elvira Carrizal's "Lunch Money" and Verena Faden's Category 4." [NALIP-New York's past and current Executive Committee Secretaries]
LUNCH MONEY
Directed by Elvira Carrizal / Writer: Deneen Reynolds. Cast: Rashida Davis, Nedra McClyde, Dionne Audain, Jerome Preston Bates. Thirteen-year-old Ta’Keisha ditches classes and her friends to hook up with boys for lunch money.
CATEGORY 4
Written & Directed by: Verena Faden. Cast: Steven Bauer (Scarface, Traffic,The Lost City), and Ivelin Giro (El Zorro, Decisiones, Bad Boys II) The film captures a Cuban-American family weathering their relationships and a hurricane. Confined by her deteriorating family life, 17 year-old Alexandra struggles to assert herself as an adult. With the oncoming storm, she is forced to choose between her boyfriend and her family. "I thoroughly enjoyed my experience being directed by this young, creative talent," says Bauer. "She has a sharp eye for detail and an innate understanding of human behavior which is translated through her writing and direction."
For more information about the program visit www.nalip.org
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PROGRAMMaria Quiroga LAS HIJAS (2005, 75 Minutes Mini DV)
"Las Hijas" is a documentary about three young women who were among the first generation of adoptees from Colombia raised in the United States by caucasian families. The film touches upon all three angles of the adoption triangle: The adoptee, the adoptive family and the biological family.
