LA Latino Film Festivals
Los
Angeles to host Latino film festival this summer.
 If you are a movie lover, especially with Latino
movies, then look out! Here's a film festival that will give
Latino movie lovers a real treat.
The Los Angles Latino International Film
Festival will take place July 21-30, 2000. The festival, which
is produced is by actor/director Edward James Olmos, is now going
into its fourth year of presenting the best films the Latino
world has to offer. For more information on the LA film extravaganza,
please call 323-469-9066 or visit: www.latinofilm.org.
Summertime
in the City of Angels
"That
Summer in L.A." is latest Latino-themed independent film
to arrive on the big screen.
Los Angeles springs to life in a new film
from Narcissicistic Films called "That Summer in LA."
The independent film stars Alexis Cruz, Carlos Gomez, Talisa
Soto, and Adam Caine.
The film is based on the true story of
an Englishman (Caine) who comes to Los Angeles and gets mugged
during his first day in the city. The only person who will help
him is a young Latina woman named Marisabel (played by Soto).
Then she takes him to meet her family, and what follows is a
series of misguided events that leads them to all the wrong places
at all the wrong times.
Actor Carlos Gomez plays Chuey, Marisabel's
ex-boyfriend. Chuey is a serious character who has left the barrio
to try to make a better life for himself. However, due to the
irresponsibility of his younger brother, Smiley (played by Cruz),
he winds up right back where he started-in trouble with the law.
Alex Cruz's character is the fuel of the
movie. He is a young, rebellious and troubled teen, who, after
some wrong decisions and a drug deal that has turned bad, ends
up getting everybody into a lot of trouble.
Cruz says he was attracted to the movie
because of Simon Clarke, the film's director. "He was a
really cool guy with a lot of good ideas," says Cruz. "He's
an English guy and I felt his perspective on Latinos was very
interesting. I wanted to see that with him. I've seen all of
that from my perspective as a Latino American, but to see it
through his eyes was interesting."
Co-producer Kay Reshaw is very proud of
the production-particularly the story and the beautiful look
of the picture. She says that despite the film's low budget,
"Our director and cinematographer did a really great job.
The lighting is so amazing. The scenery is amazing. It looks
like a much huger picture than it really is."
For more information about "That Summer
in LA," visit: www.entertainmentnews.com/thatsummer
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