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PRESS RELEASE

 

For Immediate Release                                                          Contact Person:

May 20, 2009                                                                                   Rod Lopez

410-870-1756

 

 

Baltimore International Cine Latino Film Festival

 

Representing Latino voices in the cinematic realm, the Baltimore International Cine Latino Film Festival will be holding their First Annual film festival October 15-18 2009 at the Baltimore Creative Alliance (at the Patterson), located at 3134 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224.  For more information, please contact the festival organizers at 410-870-1756, or go to their website at www.elcinelatino.com. 

 

Cinematically speaking, the story of Latino life and culture has yet to be told.  In this day and age of immigration roundups and anti-immigrant/Latino sentiment, the festival has been developed to give a voice to the people; about our history, culture, and diversity.  Our stories have yet to be truly or properly told. Our tales of life and love, conflict and struggle, pain and redemption, culture and tradition, or of our lives and experiences in the States or abroad have yet to be properly told; whether to our children and peers, or to the greater society at large.  So whether your story is worth telling in a narrative form, short story, or documentary, the Baltimore Cine Latino film festival is the place to be.

 

Filmmakers interested in submitting their films to the festival can download the application forms from our website at www.elcinelatino.com.  The deadline for submitting film applications is July 15, 2009.  Applications are also available for those that are interested in partnering with us, and sponsorship for the festival.  The organizers can also be contacted via email at Admin@elcinelatino.com.

The Baltimore International Cine Latino Film Festival will be holding their First Annual film festival October 15-18, 2009.  The festival will be held at the Baltimore Creative Alliance.  The organizers of the festival are looking for films to be entered into the festival for viewing and competition, as well as sponsors and partners.  For those of you that are interested in participating in the festival, please go to their website www.elcinelatino.com to download a copy of the application form(s).  You may also contact the organizers of the festival at Admin@elcinelatino.com

Entries into the film festival will be acepted from April 15th-July 15, 2009.  I may also be contacted at Kevin.Sabio@elcinelatino.com.

Baltimore International Cine Latino Film Festival
8002 Oakleigh Road
Baltimore, MD 21234
410-870-1756
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A friend of mine had posted something like this on their page.  Decided that it was funny, and reposted this on my own blog......

(1) Is there anyone on your top friends list you would have sex with?

HELL YEAH!

(2) Sex in the morning, afternoon or night?
All three...ESPECIALLY if it's good!!!!

(3) Have you ever had to pull over on the side of the road and f*ck?
Nope

(4) Have You ever taken your clothes off for money?
HELL NO!!!!!

(5) Shower or bath?
Shower by myself....bath with that special lady

(6) Do you want someone in bed?
HELL YES

(7) Do you love someone in your friends list?
YES

(8) Love or Money?

Love

(9) Credit cards or cash?
CASH

(10) Have you ever WANTED a best friend?
Have one since junior high

(11) Camping or a 5 star hotel?
either, or. 

(12) Where is the weirdest places you have had sex?
On a bar stool in a strip club.  Hell, I was young and horny....

(13) Would you shave your entire body (including your head)?
HELL MUTHAF**KING NO!!!!!

(14) Have you recently been to a strip club?
Not since I was 25

(15) Recently been to a bar?
Don't drink

(16) Ever been kicked out of a bar or club?

Hell no!!

(17) Ever been so drunk someone else had to carry you?
Don't drink

(18) Had sex in a movie theater?
Hah!!!  I WISH!!!

(19) Had sex in a bathroom/ restroom?
Nope

(20) Have you ever had sex at work?
Nope.  always had shitty job, and worked with dudes

(21) Ever been to an adult store?

Hello, I'm a GUY!?!?!?!

(22) Ever bought anything at an adult store?
Again...I'm a GUY!?!?!?!?!

(23) Regular or Anal?
REGULAR!!!!  I don't swing that way!!!

(24) Ever had sex with someone and called them by the wrong name?
HELL NO

(25) Ever Had sex with any of your friend's or there friends or family ?
Nope

( 26) Ever wanted to have sex with one of your friends or some one in your friends family ?
Nope

(27) Ever had sex with some one and thought about someone else while you where doing it ?
Nope

(28) Have you ever wanted to have sex with some one's brother or sister or other family member while you where with that person?
Nope

(29) OK if there was one person you could sleep with once in your life who would it be and why ?
Lisette Melendez.  That woman is GORGEOUS!!!!!!

(30) Who do you think has the balls to repost this?
Don't know....really don't care either.....

Fuck it I'm bored.....
Decided to take an old ditty, and put a different spin on it.  For this instance, I decided to go with  LL Cool J's "Round The Way Girl".  So far, all I got is the first verse and hook.  Feel free to chime in...

I love a girl who can naturally rock her hair,
Some cowrie earrings, or an adinkra pair
A mud cloth and a sweet attitude (tude)
That's all I need to get me in a good mood
She can speak the mother tongue, or talk in street slang
I love it when a sister ain't scared to do her thing
Standing at the bus stop, quick to make your heart drop,
Once you start to cypher, it's hard to make the building stop,
Plays Afrobeat or the Rap jams, Cause music makes the day
You need a place to stay?  Come around my way (my way)...

I need me an RBG Girl (an RBG Girllll)
That's the one for me (she's my one and onlyyyyy...)
I need me an RBG Girl
(wanna something something something allllll the something...)

So I had my Earth Day pass recently....
Ever since I hit my thirties, I've become more reflective every time my Earthday passes.  It's at this point in my life when I first started to feel very mortal.
Wait...I'm turning thirty?  THIRTY?!?!?!?!
That was four years ago.  Since then, I take the time to really think about my life and my future every year when it passes.  It's generally the same questions:

What have I done up until this point?
What am I doing now?
What am I doing to reach my goals for the future?

I've had a number of ups and downs this past year.  I've made a number of new friends and contacts  that I'll cherish.  I've cut off people who I thought were friends, but learned good and hell well that they weren't.  I've been active in my community, just not as active as I would have liked.  I'm interested in getting back to my creative roots.  I've been done dirty, and suffered financially for it, but I'm still here.  Considering where I came from...that says a lot.

So, here's to another year of existing on this mortal plane.  I know where I want to go, but must leave it up to the creator as to how to get there.  By this time next year, will I still be in the same place (physically or spiritually)?  Only the creator knows.....

For those of you who don't know, I am a contributing writer for an online magazine called Blacktino.net.  They have given me the opportunity to express my view on certain subject matters as it pertains to racial issues.  I have been writting a series of articles addressing the friction between the Black and Latino comminities as of late called "Black vs. Brown".  As an Afro Latino, the editors of the site felt that I could give a unique perspective on this particular issue.

On the Blacktino site, you are able to leave comments about the various articles that are posted.  This is one particular comment that was left about one of my articles in the series:

Legitimate beef
2007-10-25 18:03:19  

The following is an ongoing debate that I've been having on another networking site called Black Authors Showcase, having a profile there to help promote the Black CapaCity Literary Arts Festival.  The original forum discussion was about celebrating May as Latino Book Month.  Due to the ignorance being spewed by the poster, I felt the need to respond....

Reply by wizthom on May 6, 2008 at 2:51pm

Latinos MM whom history only goes back 500,years,
whats to celebrate other than the dislike they share for blacks, ,
there's a saying too many fires in the forest will start a blaze,
i hear that latino compare their struggles to black struggles of civil rights,
another false hood they stoled their way into this country they came of their own free will. just like the rest they wish to harvest civil right gains off the sweat and blood of my forfathers, sisters and brothers whom are still being held down ,,no thank u .
peace wizthom i will pass

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.. Permalink Reply by Black CapaCity Literary Arts Festival on May 8, 2008 at 5:34pm

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Ummm....
Being a Latino, I take offense to your statement. Yes, some Latinos are prejudiced against Black people. That also means that they are prejudiced against themselves, considering that a good 1/3 of our culture derives from Africa. As a Latino of African descent (and VERY proud of it), I've had to face prejudice and racism from "my own kind". They're just lost and ignorant.

Latinos aren't treated any better than Black people. You have this country's corrupt government exploiting the countries that Latinos come from, aside from the hell that they put the Black community through. If you really knew history,you would know that the two communities have actually worked together to fight oppression and racism. Ever heard of the Brown Berets and Young Lords Party? They were inspired by the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, and the groups have a documented history of working with each other. Also you had the work of the Hon. Marcus Garvey and the UNIA throughout Latin America.

Please, people....

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.. Permalink Reply by wizthom 1 day ago

i know ur history better than u do. the history that u are stating is not factual,,
and i stand by what i wrote ,,to make a long story short,,visit any prison system or just watch lock up on tv and see for your self the workings as u say together of blacks and Latinos living in harmony, my friend,didn't mean to offend u,peace wizthom

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.. Permalink Reply by Black CapaCity Literary Arts Festival 1 day ago

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YOU don't know JACK!

What I'm stating isn't factual? There are plenty of documentaries and and books written by members of said groups that back me up. There are also other books written about the African heritage of Latinos. Want me to provide a list?

Prisons? That's the best comeback that you can throw at me...the prison system?! Give me friggin break! That's insulting my intelligence!

African weren't just brought to what eventual became the United States; this ENTIRE HEMISPHERE was a plantation system. Think I'm wrong? Do some research. A guy named Dr. Eric Williams would be a nice start. He wrote a number of books on the subject....

Don't talk out of your ass to me. You don't know me like that!

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.. Permalink Reply by wizthom 1 day ago

i gave u what ur level of intelligence could comprehend so i thought...
all races have the black gene in them, but that don't make them black .now don't insult my intelligence,as far as knowing you? you can't even control ur emotions,truth hurts only those who live a lie,i have nothing against you or your race .i just choose not to let you cut in line .peace wizthom ps watch Latino Latin Mexico,,now can go from there

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.. Permalink Reply by wizthom 23 hours ago

i will not stoop to your level,when i enjoy having you look up to me,
you are starting to bore me,,i still stand by this,

Latinos MM whom history only goes back 500,years,
whats to celebrate other than the dislike they share for blacks, ,
there's a saying too many fires in the forest will start a blaze,
i hear that latino compare their struggles to black struggles of civil rights,
another false hood they stoled their way into this country they came of their own free will. just like the rest they wish to harvest civil right gains off the sweat and blood of my forfathers, sisters and brothers whom are still being held down ,,no thank u .
peace wizthom i will pass ,,if you are disliked by your own race then u must be too dark for them in that case we welcome you as we welcome the whites whom been rejected but it's wrong to compare yourself to American blacks just for political gain,peace wizthom

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.. Permalink Reply by Black CapaCity Literary Arts Festival 23 minutes ago

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if you are disliked by your own race then u must be too dark for them

1) Latino isn't a race, it's a culture. If you were so superior to me in intellect, you would have known that.

2) Did I say a 'black gene'? No. Africans were forcibly taken from the continent, and transported to the "New World". You know...the Middle Passage? The Maafa?

3) What level are you taking about...from the floor to my ass? I came at you with facts to back up my point. You have only come with conjecture and opinion. Not to mention that you're responses have been written atrociously.

4) There is racism within the Latino community. It's the result of our history with slavery. We have color complexes, and racial myths about "good hair/bad hair".

Go ahead, be bored. I've made my points. If you choose to be ignorant, then that's on you. I stand by the works of:
Dr. John H. Clarke
Dr. Arlene Torres
Dr. Victor Vega
Dr. Ivan Van Seritma
Runoko Rashisdi
Dr. Eric Williams
Juan Gonzalez
and many other ancestors and elders who came before me.

The euphoria has worn off.....

There's a lot to consider here.  It's been over a year since my relocation.  I previously blogged about it before.  Everything was all great and positive, being on the up and up...

It's funny how quickly things can change....

I really need to reevalute certain things going on in my life.  Of course, to a certain extend, I have no one to blame but myself.  I got myself into this situation, so the majority of the blame falls on my shoulders.  Hey, I can take an "L".  That's how life can be sometimes.  You live and learn.

Perhaps I was too wide-eyed in my initial entry into my new hometown.  I had gotten burned several times before in my activism, and it's happening again.  It really make you wonder why I even bother.  I felt that things would be different for me down here because, in the south, you KNOW who the hell the enemy is.  At least, that's what I thought before.  Now...I'm not so sure.

Reality has pimp-slapped the fuck outta me.  You got a 'conscious clique' out here that acts more Duboisian than revolutionary.  We're not the fucking Talented Tenth...why are we acting so elitist?  So we've read a few books...BIG DEAL!!!  What have we REALLY done out here?  Are we really having an impact on our people?

You've got trifling negros pretending to be conscious revolutionary activists, shitting on good brothers, and their homies that enable them and their bullshit actions.  Where I came from, if you acted trifling, you got your card pulled, or your ass beat.  You're not supposd to enable bullshit artists!  That makes the rest of us look bad.  Cats are too busy ego tripping out here instead of working and fighting for the cause.  You're chasing away good and strong brothers and sisters that we need to help our people to overcome.

I'm REALLY starting to reconsider my move.  I'm dismayed by what I see, and I don't see it getting any better for me out here.  Either things need to start changing out here, or I need to go elsewhere where people are really about what they talk, and believe in.

This shit just really pisses me off.......