REEL RASQUACHE – REEL VISIONS 2009
Film Fest at Cal State L.A.
May 15-17
Los
Angeles Premiere of the
American Latino Urban/Sci-Fi GB2525,
Friday, May 15
Los Angeles, CA
-- The
6th Annual Reel Rasquache Festival of the U.S. Latino Experience in Film
& Art – a West Coast celebration of films by and about
U.S. Latinos – will be held May 15-17, 2009, at the
Luckman Fine Arts Complex at
California State University, Los Angeles.
From
the writer of Lionsgate’s acclaimed film, “Ladron Que Roba a Ladron,”
comes the Los Angeles premiere of the American Latino urban/sci-fi,
GB2525,
at the 6th Annual Reel Rasquache Film Festival.
GB2525 was written and co-directed by Jojo Henrickson (writer of
the critically acclaimed film, Ladron Que Roba A Ladron from
Lionsgate) and produced by John Estrada (selected as a 2009 Producing
Fellow for Project: Involve, a highly competitive mentorship program by
Film Independent) of New Legacy Entertainment. Co-director,
cinematographer, production designer and visual effects supervisor,
Kieron Estrada, conceived the special effects and look of the film.
The three-day
Reel Rasquache U.S. Latino Film Festival will also feature screenings in
all formats and genres including webisodes from across the U.S.,
filmmaking workshops, multimedia/spoken-word, live music and networking
receptions.
For festival
information, the new and improved Reel Rasquache website will be
available soon at
www.reelrasquache.org.
For sponsorship
opportunities, contact Alan Templer at
atempler@cslanet.calstatela.edu.
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Reel Rasquache
Publicity Director:
Griselda Navarro
griseldanavarro@reelrasquache.org
Note to editors
and news directors:
The festival’s
logo is available for promotional and news purposes.
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GB2525 recently premiered with critical acclaim at the
San
Diego Latino Film Festival with San Diego Examiner reviewer
Robert Aguilar writing, “It’s not a Latino film. It’s just another great
film.” A Reel Rasquache Film Festival representative from Los Angeles
who attended the San Diego world premiere couldn’t agree more and
extended a special invitation for the film to make its Los Angeles debut
at the 6th Annual Reel Rasquache Film Festival. “The Reel Rasquache Film
Festival is the perfect venue for us to have our Los Angeles premiere
because the festival was created to showcase and promote American Latino
films,” says writer and co-director JoJo Henrickson.
In the futuristic
GB2525,
the only things that have changed... are the weapons. In the dark,
urban landscape of the future, a two-year gang truce is shattered when
the leader of the most powerful gang, 54th Street, is brutally
assassinated. Puppet (Richard Azurdia, Weeds), now in command,
seeks violent retaliation. The sole obstacle to an all out war is a
respected gang member known as “Supa'man” (Frank Alvarez, Kitchen
Confidential), who convinces Puppet to give him time to search out
those responsible and salvage the truce. Sup' and his crew Yoli “the
sniper” (Jossara Jinaro, Passions), Baboso “the muscle” (Bernie
Martinez, Barrio Murders), and Spider “the techie” (JoJo
Henrickson, Ladron Que Roba a Ladron) must rival gangs and battle
time to ultimately discover a truth far greater than they could have
ever imagined.
GB2525 also features a talented and diverse supporting cast of
American Latino actors. Ruben Garfias (Get Smart’s Bruce &
Lloyd), Ricardo Molina (Freedom Writers), Gabe Martinez (General
Hospital), Pete Pano (Robbing Peter) and Oscar Torre (Cane).
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