HOLLYWOOD: During the month of May, Turner Classic Movies is featuring Race & Hollywood: Latino Images in Film – a look at Hollywood’s portrayal of Latinos on the screen in a festival that spans from the 1910 film Ramona to 1992’s The Mambo Kings.
Among the offerings:
Stand and Deliver (1988) starring Edward James Olmos as a hopeful teacher who uses math to give his gang-member students self-esteem. Airs 5-26-09.
Boulevard Nights (1979) about a young Latino who tries to escape gang life with little luck. Stars Richard Yniguez, Danny De La Paz, Marta DuBois. Airs 5-26-09
Badge 373 (1973) – a suspended cop sets out to avenge his partner’s murder. Cast includes Robert Duvall and Henry Darrow. Airs 5-26-09.
John Leguizamo (2008) – Celebrities reveal the classic movies that influenced their lives in interviews with acclaimed film critic/interviewer Elvis Mitchell. Airs 5-26-09.
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983) – a translation error causes tragedy for a Mexican-American family. Stars Edward James Olmos. Airs 5-28-09.
Popi (1969) Rita Moreno and Alan Arkin star in this film about a Puerto Rican immigrant who hatches a series of zany schemes to insure his children’s future. Airs 5-28-09.
My Family: Mi Familia (1995) directed by Gregory Nava and starring Jimmy Smits and Esai Morales, is a film about three generations of immigrants fighting their way to make their way in the U.S. Airs 5-28-09.
More information regarding films and air times is available on the Turner Classic Movies Website: www.tcm.com.
LOS ANGELES: World-renowned muralist and artist
Barbara Carrasco, whose works have been exhibited throughout the U.S. Europe
and Latin America, has an exciting website (www.cafepress.com/barbaracarrasco) that features her art on such items as shirts, kids
clothing, prints, etc.
A cancer survivor, Carrasco
earned her MFA in art from the California Institute of the Arts and her BFA in
Art from UCLA. She created
numerous mural banners for the United Farm Workers Union, and was invited to
the former USSR to paint murals in Leningrad and Armenia. She also created computer animation,
Pesticides!, that was presented on the Spectacolor Light-board at Times Square
in New York.
Carrasco’s original
mural sketches and drawings are included in the Permanent Collection of Works
on paper at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Documentation of her mural work is archived in the
California Murals Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, where her oral
history is also archived at the institution’s Archives of American Art.
HOLLYWOOD: Following in
the footsteps of his famous grandfather, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Los Angeles
native Clifton Collins Jr. is making his own mark as a versatile character actor.
Born into a family of entertainers – his great grandfather was a Mexican
trumpet player and his great grandmother, a Spanish dancer – he has played a variety
of roles from a one-armed shopkeeper in Sunshine Cleaning to his more current
role as a Romulan in the new Star Trek film.
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez,
born Ramiro Gonzalez Gonzalez was an American character actor best known for
his comedic appearances in a number of John Wayne movies, who also earned fame
as a stand-up comic for Spanish-speaking audiences.
In 2005, Collins (who
also has been billed as Clifton Gonzales Gonzales as a tribute to his
grandfather) won rave reviews from critics as well as his grandfather for his
portrayal of killer Perry Smith in the fact-based film Capote. His other credits include The Wonderful
Ice Cream Suit, Traffic, Dirty, and FX Network’s The Shield, among others.
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