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Coming to San Diego August 27
Six Latino-themed films will be presented during the
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Coming to San Diego August 27
Six Latino-themed films will be presented during the
week-long screening series at the Gaslamp All Stadium 15
The Maya Indie Film Series will launch its second annual eight-city tour in Dallas on July 23 before coming to San Diego on August 27. The series, which debuted last summer, will bring six critically acclaimed, Latino-themed films to the top eight U.S. markets: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Dallas, Washington D.C., San Jose, and San Diego.
In San Diego, the series will run
Friday, August 27 through Thursday, September 2
at the Gaslamp All Stadium 15, 701 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
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THE KID: CHAMACO
Genre: Drama
Language: English/Spanish
Country: Mexico
Director: Miguel Necoechea
Cast: Martin Sheen, Kirk Harris, Alex Perea, Danny Perea, Michael Madsen
A father and son, both skilled boxing trainers, are forced to overcome their vast differences in order to train a young yet talented Mexican street fighter with big dreams and empty pockets.
Morelia International Film Festival 2009, Palm Springs 2010, San Diego Latin Film Festival 2010
BACKYARD
Genre: Thriller
Language: Spanish
Country: Mexico
Director: Carlos Carrera
Cast: Jimmy Smits, Ana de la Reguera, Joaquin Cosio
Since the mid-90's, thousands of women in border-town Juarez, Mexico have disappeared or been murdered. Can new police captain Blanca Bravo put an end to the savagery?
Toronto International Film Festival 2009, Vancouver 2009, Mexico's Official Submission to the 79th Academy Awards
CHASING 3000
Genre: Family / Sport
Language: English
Country: USA
Director: Gregory J. Lanseley
Cast: Ray Liotta, Rory Culkin, Trevor Morgan, Tania Raymonde
The true story of two brothers that drive cross-country to see their hero, baseball great Roberto Clemente, get his 3,000th hit in 1972.
DIVA / IN THERAPY
Genre: Comedy
Language: Portuguese
Country: Brazil
Director: Jose Alvarenga Jr.
Cast: Lilia Cabral, Jose Mayer, Reynaldo Gianecchini, Caua Remond, Alexandra Richter, Eduardo Lago
On the psychiatrist couch, a 40-something mother of two questions her life, marriage, and professional dreams with both humorous and devastating results.
TROPICO DE SANGRE
Genre: Biopic
Language: English / Spanish
Country: Dominican Republic
Director: Juan Delancer
Cast: Michelle Rodriguez, Juan Fernandez, Cesor Evora
Based on the true story of the Mirabal sisters, politically vocal activists assassinated in 1960 while fighting to topple Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo's bloody and oppressive reign of power.
SOLO QUIERO CAMINAR
Genre: Thriller
Language: Spanish
Country: Spain / Mexico
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Cast: Diego Luna, Jose Maria Yazpik, Elena Anaya, Victoria Abril
Four streetwise women plan a dangerous double-cross against a band of violent Mexican drug traffickers.
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