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HOY MAS QUE NUNCA, CESAR CHAVEZ VIVE

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Friday, March 28, 2014 , under , , , , , , , , , , | comments (0)



Este 31 de Marzo celebramos la vida y el legado del ícono Latino César Chávez y, además de todas las actividades programadas en su honor, este año tendremos la oportunidad de conocerlo más de cerca con el estreno de la película de Diego Luna sobre la vida y la obra de nuestro ícono Latino.



A través de los años, la figura y la obra de César Chávez ha ido creciendo hasta el punto de considerársele una de las figuras centrales de la historia reciente de nuestro país junto a figuras como Martin Luther King, Jr. y Rosa Parks, para mencionar sólo a dos de ellos. Como trabajador jornalero y activista de derechos civiles, la obra de César Chávez ha traído bienestar, justicia y prosperidad a millones de trabajadores en los Estados Unidos.  Hoy, a pesar de todos los avances, millones de trabajadores del campo y de la ciudad (muchos de ellos sin documentos legales) siguen marginalizados, abusados y mal pagados. Millones siguen anónimos para la mayoría. Hoy, más que nunca, el legado y la lucha de César Chávez continúan. 
Más allá de ver la película como un posible éxito taquillero o en camino al Oscar (No he visto la película y las opiniones que he leído son variadas), esperamos que podamos ver, usando las palabras del propio César Chávez, a "gente ordinaria, haciendo cosas extraordinarias". 
Lo que comenzó en Delano, California, continúa hoy en todos los campos, en todas las fábricas, en todos los negocios, en cada rincón en donde exista discriminación, abuso y violaciones a los derechos civiles de millones de compatriotas. Como bien lo entendió César Chávez, "no se puede oprimir al que ya no tiene miedo."
La película se estrena en unas 600 salas de cine en todo el país. Vean el trailer debajo o en > Youtube.

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL IS ON!

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Friday, April 24, 2009 , under , , , , , , , | comments (0)



La edición del 2009 de El Festival de Cine de Tribeca estará celebrando el septimo arte hasta el 3 de Mayo. He aqui las selecciones de origen Latino que forman parte del festival este año. Se destacan The Last Son of Havana de Jonathan Hock con el actor Luis Tiant y Rudo y Cursi de Carlos Cuarón con Gael García Bernal y Diego Luna y productores Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy), y Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel).
Entre Nos . Directed by Gloria La Morte, Paola Mendoza. Adoring
Tribeca Film Festival, 2009. Photo courtesy Tribeca Film Festival.
mother Mariana (talented co-director Paola Mendoza) has toted her two children from Colombia to New York to indulge her husband's whim. But when he abruptly abandons the family, she'll have to rely on her own imagination and courage-and that of her remarkable kids (breakthroughs Sebastian Villada and Laura Montana)-to survive insurmountable odds during their first summer in the United States. (Columbia, USA – 80 minutes)

Fish Child (El niño pez). Directed by Lucía Puenzo.
Likened to a bold Argentine Thelma and Louise, Lucía Puenzo's follow-up to her Cannes winner XXY wraps a passionate love story in the arms of a pulsating thriller. When an upper-class Argentine falls for her family's sultry Paraguayan maid, the two make plans to run away together, but their hope for escape is derailed when shocking secrets become unveiled.
(Argentina, Spain, France – 96 minutes)

Garapa. Directed by José Padilha.
Director José Padilha follows up his Golden Bear-winning Elite Squad with this austere, unflinching examination of the realities of chronic hunger for three Brazilian families. At once intimate and universal, Padilha's hauntingly visual film humanizes the enormity of the global hunger crisis. (Brazil – 106 minutes)

The Lost Son of Havana. Directed by Jonathan Hock.


Luis Tiant never anticipated spending a half-century in exile from Cuba. Torn between his career and his homeland, he went on to become one of baseball's top pitchers, heating up the mound for (among others) the Red Sox and Yankees. Director Jonathan Hock follows Tiant on his return to Cuba for the first time, capturing an inspiring and profound portrait of one of game's greatest heroes. (USA – 102 minutes)

Only When I Dance. Directed by Beadie Finzi
Two teenage ballet dancers from the working-class favelas of Rio are determined to dance their way to a better life, but to do so they must grow up against harsh prejudice, doubt, and some of the best dancers in the world. This inspiring doc trails their path to beat the odds and follow their dream of making it in the elite world of professional ballet. (Brazil, U.K. – 78 minutes)

P-Star Rising. Directed by Gabriel Noble.


In the early '80s, Jesse Diaz was a rising star in the hip-hop world. Now a broke single father in Harlem with two children to support, Jesse finds a shot at redemption in his nine-year-old daughter Priscilla Star, a precocious and immensely talented rapper. Director Gabriel Noble follows four years of father-daughter ups and downs as they navigate the grit and the glamour
of the music biz. (USA – 83 minutes)

Rudo y Cursi. Directed by Carlos Cuarón.


Stars Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna and producers Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy), and Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel) present a splendid, riotous film about a pair of thickheaded stepbrothers whose rivalry takes them from their jobs on a small-town banana ranch to star
spots on opposing soccer teams. (USA, Mexico – 102 minutes)

Which Way Home. Directed by Rebecca Cammisa
In this unprecedented, revelatory doc, director Rebecca Cammisa (Sister Helen) follows three unaccompanied children on a harrowing odyssey away from their homes in Latin America and through Mexico with one mighty shepherding hope: to reach the United States, where they can either reunite with their own families who made the journey before them, or create new lives
for themselves. (USA, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras – 82 minutes)

NOMINADOS A LOS PREMIOS GOYA

Posted by LATINO EVENTS Y TESPIS MAGAZINE on Saturday, December 20, 2008 , under , , , , , , , , , , | comments (0)



Al máximo galardón del cine español han sido nominados: Penélope Cruz como mejor actríz por su papel en Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Al premio para el mejor actor han sido nominados los latinos Benicio del Toro por Che y Diego Luna por Sólo quiero caminar, y los españoles Javier Cámara por Fuera de Carta (Chef's Special) y Raúl Arévalo por Los Girasoles ciegos (Blind Sunflowers).

Javier Cámara nominado por Fuera de Carta (Chef's Special)
Photo Credit: Film Society of Lincoln Center / David Godlis