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“Portrait of Artists as Latino Immigrants” depicts the experiences, hopes, and visions of four artists as Latino immigrants in California.
“Portrait of Artists as Latino Immigrants” is a thirty two-minute long documentary that features the stories and art of four Latinos who live throughout California. These artists are in different stages of their immigration process, through their unique stories we will find a tale that is common to every immigrant; through their art, we will be able to recognize different moments in the transition from immigrant to American.
Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Maria Amparo Escandon, and Victor Cartagena are the artists portrayed in “Portrait of Artists as Latino Immigrants”, in their different artistic disciplines, reflect the experience of Latino immigrants in California, their hopes and visions.
This is a film about Latino immigrants, first time citizens and residents of the United States, that bring a powerful voice of criticism, construction and change to America. A lot like the European immigrants in the beginning of the 20th century, these immigrants are reshaping the face of the
- Directed by Facundo Lujan - Tania Waisberg
- Written by Facundo Lujan - Tania Waisberg
- Produced by Tania Waisberg
- Running Time 32 min
- Release Date 2005
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Country
United States of America
- Content Rating Intended Audience: teen
- Website Portrait of Artists as Latino Immigrants
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Written by Facundo Lujan - Tania Waisberg
Produced by Tania Waisberg
Cast Victor Cartagena:
Einar de la Torre:
Jamex de la Torre:
Maria Amparo Escandon:
Diego Reiwald:
Yayoi Winfrei:
Dena Berillon:
Mark Olesko:
Hector Espinosa:
Steve Romanko:
Sarita Pockell:
John Schroeder:
Sarita Pockell & John Schroeder:
German Lentino:
Los 7 Delfines:
Naomi Pockell:
Nosostros American Latino Film Festival
San Antonio CineFestival
Santa Clarita International Film Festival
Trenton Film Festival (Trenton NJ)
Human Rights Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
Calgary International Film Festival (Calgary, Canada)
San Francisco Women's Film Festival (San Francisco, CA)
Anchorage International Film Festival
Detroit Docs International Film Festival (Detroit, MI)
What is Identity?
We are shaped and formed by our relationships.
The idea of being oneself is a realization.
It is the memory of seeing ourselves for the first time in the mirror.
We are that image in the mirror.
Our surroundings, our language, our name, somehow also appear in the mirror.
We spend our childhood developing these images; this specular vision of ourselves in a mirror.
We created this identity as a reflection of what we are and where we are.
Is it possible to continue forging this identity forever?
What happens to us when the background of the image changes?
These are the stories of four Latino Artists who immigrated to California.
“Portraits of Artist as Latino Immigrants” is a documentary about how these artists changed as they adapted to this new culture, and how their identities were forged during this journey of immigration.
