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Brief Synopsis
The year was 1984. A group of Chicano reporters at the LA Times pushed to provide a new perspective on California’s Latino population – something more than the poverty, gangs, and crime that the newspaper usually covered. Their reporting won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service that year. This groundbreaking series offered an in-depth examination of southern California's growing Latino community and was one of the first to accurately represent it. Prior to this prize winning series, a distorted view of Latinos had been perpetuated in the media, a view which is still perpetuated today. These journalists set out to change that while becoming an important voice in telling the story of the underrepresented Latino community in California.
Sinopsis
El año fue 1984. Un grupo de periodistas Chicanos del periódico Estadounidense Los Angeles Times deseaba proyectar una nueva imagen de la población de Latino en California– algo mas que los estereotipos publicados en los periódicos de Latinos como pandilleros o criminales. Sus esfuerzos ganaron el Premio Pulitzer por Servicio a la Comunidad ese año. Esa innovadora serie de artículos ofrecía una eximinación a fondo de la comunidad Latina del sur de California que rápidamente crecía pero que pocos conocían. Antes de esta serie, una perspectiva distorsionada de los Latinos había sido perpetuada en los medios de comunicación, una perspectiva que continua hoy en día. Estos periodistas tenían la meta de cambiar la imagen de Latinos y se convirtieron en una voz importante para contar las historias de minorías en los Estados Unidos.
Screenings
April 24, 2008
Arizona International Film Festival
presents: Cine Chicano - April 18, 24, 25
Documentary Screening April 24
The Screening Room
127 E. Congress
Tucson, Arizona
www.filmfestivalarizona.com
October 12, 2007
11th Annual LALIFF 2007 - Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival - Oct 7-14
Documentary Screening Oct 12
Arclight Cinemas
6360 W Sunset Blvd
Los
Angeles, California
http://www.ArclightCinemas.com
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August 28, 2007
Pulitzer Documentary World Premiere at The Loft Cinema
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Press
KUAT Channel 6 - Tucson, AZ
KXCI Radio: 30 minutes
Produced by Amanda Shauger
Q&A that followed the film premiere
October 6, 2007
Los Angeles Times
Latino cinema's success means trouble for Latino film fest
by Agustin Gurza
Septembe 3, 2007
Movies con Maggie
Below the Fold
by Maggie
August 29, 2007
Cinema Lounge inspires and Tucson Film Fest will rock
by Shipherd Reed
August 27, 2007
Hispanic Tips
Film tells of battle vs. Hispanic stereotypes - “Below the Fold: The Pulitzer That Defined Latino
Journalism”
Blogante News from Tomás
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Participants
PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, EDITOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER
Roberto Gudiño
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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Olga Briseño |
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Luis Carlos Romero-Davis
Antonio Villagomez
Andres Martinez
TRANSCRIPTIONISTS
Stephen Purcell
Kim McGowan
Sharon Ann Bahr
Heather Torbitt
COMPOSER
Anthony Chapman
PHOTOS AND ARTICLES
COURTESY OF
The Los Angeles Times
MADE POSSIBLE BY
The University of Arizona (UA)
Media Democracy & Policy Initiative,
Latinos in the Media Archive
UA College of Humanities
The Los Angeles Times
The Haldeman Award
Hanson Film Institute
UA Hispanic Alumni
UA Office of Student Rec.
UA School of Media Arts
Media Arts Production Lab
Faculty, family and friends |
SERIES CONTRIBUTORS
Monica Almeida
Jose Barrera
Rick Corrales
Virginia Escalante
Jose Galvez
Noel Greenwood
Marita Hernandez
Al Martinez
Robert Montemayor
Julio Moran
Frank del Olmo
George Ramos
David Reyes
Nancy Rivera
Louis Sahagun
Frank Sotomayor
Victor Valle
Juan Vasquez
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO
Steve Bayless
Ernesto Collosi
Jaime Escalante
Felix Gutierrez
Anna Virginia Lujano
Lisanne Skyler
SHOT ON LOCATION IN
Arizona, California & New York |
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