EMBRACING DIVERSITY FILM EVENT!
Embracing Diversity is a film and live performance multicultural family event spotlighting diversity in the Santa Clarita Valley with an emphasis on Latino culture. The event is a presentation of Think Ten Media Group/Generation Arts, the City of Santa Clarita, Power Woman Business Center, Our Valleys Bilingual Advertisement, and the SCV Latino Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds benefit Generation Arts programs, through which youth in the Santa Clarita Valley learn digital arts. Proceeds allow Generation Arts to offer more free or low cost programs to students who need them.
The event includes a screening of the multi award-winning independent film SMUGGLED, a film made by local filmmaker and SCV Film Festival Co-Founder Ramon Hamilton, who will be present for Q&A about the film, as well as a lively performance by the City of Santa Clarita Ballet Folklorico Dancers, the screening of a short film project made by local youth through Generation Arts at Newhall Elementary School, and presentations by prominent Latino/as in the community who will share their stories as featured in the book Profiles in Latino Courage by Bill Miranda.
Embracing Diversity is a film and live performance multicultural family event spotlighting diversity in the Santa Clarita Valley with an emphasis on Latino culture. The event is a presentation of Think Ten Media Group/Generation Arts, the City of Santa Clarita, Power Woman Business Center, Our Valleys Bilingual Advertisement, and the SCV Latino Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds benefit Generation Arts programs, through which youth in the Santa Clarita Valley learn digital arts. Proceeds allow Generation Arts to offer more free or low cost programs to students who need them.
The event includes a screening of the multi award-winning independent film SMUGGLED, a film made by local filmmaker and SCV Film Festival Co-Founder Ramon Hamilton, who will be present for Q&A about the film, as well as a lively performance by the City of Santa Clarita Ballet Folklorico Dancers, the screening of a short film project made by local youth through Generation Arts at Newhall Elementary School, and presentations by prominent Latino/as in the community who will share their stories as featured in the book Profiles in Latino Courage by Bill Miranda.
QUOTES:
"Filmmaker Ramon Hamilton is on a mission to change how Americans think about immigration." ABC News/Univision (Read the full article here: http://bit.ly/Smuggledthefilm)
In an interview with NBC Latino, Ramon shares his goal for the film: "I want to humanize who these people [immigrants] are and create empathy.” (Read the full interview here: http://nbcnews.to/TSZUbU)
"Smuggled is a tense and heartbreaking story of one boy’s journey across the U.S./Mexico border." The Young Folks Film Review (Read the full review here: http://bit.ly/ThinkTenFilm)
AWARDS/RECOGNITION:
5 Best Of Awards, including Best Drama at the 2012 Mexico International Film Festival + 15 Official Film Festival Selections
Trailer:
http://vimeo.com/ondemand/smuggled!
This event is created by Think Ten Media Group/Generation Arts, a local production company that also teaches Digital Arts such as filmmaking, animation, photography, graphic design, and more to youth throughout the Santa Clarita Valley and in Los Angeles.
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