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ISA of the Day: Mexican Epic, 'Cinco de Mayo' being sold by Raven Banner of Canada

  • By Peter Belsito
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  • May 15, 2013 3:30 PM
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This a great blending of companies and material. Canada's sales agents have always led the way internationally and Mexico is our pick of cinema territory on the rise.

LatinoBuzz: The House That Joseph B. Vasquez Built

  • By Juan Caceres
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  • May 15, 2013 1:30 PM
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A new film from his screenplay set to debut 18 years after his death.

LatinoBuzz: EAST LOS HIGH a TV Series! Exclusive Interviews!

  • By Juan Caceres
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  • May 7, 2013 3:30 PM
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Last week, 'East Los High' (ELH), a project we've been tracking since last year announced that they had signed a deal to exclusively premiere the show on Hulu.com, making it the first English language show with an all Latino cast on the site.

LatinoBuzz: Aurora Guerrero on Making ‘Mosquita y Mari’ & Challenging Hollywood’s Lack of Diverse Stories

  • By Vanessa Erazo
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  • May 7, 2013 1:30 PM
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LatinoBuzz: WTF is Latino at the 2013 LA Film Festival?

  • By Christine Davila
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  • May 1, 2013 1:30 PM
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The summertime, downtown set, glitzy yet ‘cashz’ LA Film Festival, presented by Film Independent has announced their film lineup today. The verdict on the Latino rep? Compared to the last three festivals I’ve examined this year, Sundance, SXSW and Tribeca, LA Film Festival comes through with arguably the most valuable representation; there are three films representing American Latino in the narrative competition and one in documentary competition.

LatinoBuzz: Film Financing: Ecuador

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • April 24, 2013 5:30 PM
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Ecuador’s federal government funds films. Cncine, standing for Consejo Nacional del Cinematografia de Ecuador, funds development, production and post production for fiction features, documentaries and shorts are covered in the fund as well as two kinds of indigenous films – both Indian and African.

LatinoBuzz: G-DOG

  • By Juan Caceres
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  • April 24, 2013 3:30 PM
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Father Greg Boyle, a white Jesuit priest, is affectionately known as 'G-Dog' by the homies he has come to know during the 25 years he has spent in East L.A. He founded 'Homeboy Industries', an organization that serves former gang members and convicts with a continuum of services such as job training.

LatinoBuzz: How Do We Turn a Latino Film Into a Latino Blockbuster?

  • By Vanessa Erazo
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  • April 24, 2013 1:30 PM
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The internet has been buzzing about Filly Brown. The film starring Gina Rodriguez, Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos, and Jenni Rivera hit theaters this past Friday and made close to $1.5 million over the weekend. It’s an impressive opening for an independent Latino film.

LatinoBuzz: Curacao IFFR: 'No quiero dormir sola' takes Yellow Robin Award

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • April 10, 2013 5:30 PM
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Curacao, the former Dutch Caribbean colony now boasts a film festival held in partnership with the Rotterdam Film Festival signalling the growing importance of the Caribbean territory in a film business whose intercultural aspects are totally integrated into the normal lives of those who live in the Caribbean

LatinoBuzz: Edward James Olmos on ‘Stand and Deliver’s 25th Anniversary and the Release of ‘Filly Brown’

  • By Vanessa Erazo
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  • April 10, 2013 1:30 PM
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LatinoBuzz got a chance to chat with Edward James Olmos about the 25th anniversary of the film, the state of Latino filmmaking, and the upcoming release of Filly Brown, a film his son directed and stars himself along with the late Jenny Rivera in her first (and sadly last) movie role.

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