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LPB PROGRAMS SCREENING
AT THE LOS ANGELES LATINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The 13th Los Angeles Latino
International Film Festival (LALIFF) will present the best of Latino
filmmaking from October 11-16 at the Mann Chinese 6 Cinemas in
Hollywood. Opening with Pedro Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces, LALIFF’s
cinematic journey will continue with award-winning and sure to please
films from emerging and established filmmakers from around the world
including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Spain,
United States, México, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Japan and Uruguay.
CHILDREN
OF THE AMAZON
Producer: Denise Zmekhol
Documentary/72 Minutes
Tuesday, October 13 @ 5:45 pm
CHILDREN
OF THE AMAZON follows Brazilian
filmmaker Denise Zmekhol as she travels a modern highway deep into the
Amazon in search of the Indigenous Surui and Negarote children she
photographed fifteen years ago. Part road movie, part time travel, her
journey tells the story of what happened to life in the largest forest
on Earth when a road was built straight through its heart.
LATIN
MUSIC USA: THE CHICANO WAVE
Producer/Director: John Valadez
Documentary/60 Minutes
Wednesday, October 14 @ 9:35 pm
Mexican-Americans in CA, TX and across the
Southwest create their own distinct musical voices during the
second half of the 20th century in
LATIN MUSIC USA: THE CHICANO WAVE. Their music would play an
important role in the struggle for Chicano civil rights and
ultimately propel them from the barrio to the national stage.
LATIN
MUSIC USA: DIVAS AND SUPERSTARS
Writer/Producer/Director: Adriana Bosch
Documentary/60 Minutes
Wednesday, October 14 @ 9:35 pm
LATIN MUSIC USA: DIVAS AND SUPERSTARS
focuses on the Latin pop explosion of the
turn of the century, focusing on the success of artists like
Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan and Shakira in the English-language
market - in the context of an increasingly Latinized US. As
studios focus on star-driven pop, Latino youth gravitate toward
urban fusions - Spanish rap and reggaeton, as well as Rock en
Español.
NEW
MUSLIM COOL
Producer: Jennifer Maytorena Taylor
Genre: Documentary/90 Minutes
Wednesday, October 14 @ 5:20 pm
A Puerto Rican muslim convert working to change America’s image of the
Islamic faith finds himself burdened by the stereotypes he’s trying to
overcome in this documentary from filmmaker Jennifer Maytorena Taylor.
For more information and tickets, please
visit the festival website at:
www.latinofilm.org.