"Are you, or aren't you a criminal? There is no in between." Samuel Goldwyn Films has released a trailer for the indie thriller Hostile Border, co-directed by Michael Dwyer & Kaitlin McLaughlin. Veronica Sixtos stars as Pocha, a crafty undocumented immigrant living in the Us who is sent back to Mexico, but struggles to cope on the other side of the border. The full cast includes Roberto Urbina, Julio Cedillo, Jorge A. Jimenez, Jesse Garcia and Maria del Carmen Farias. This film was originally titled Pocha: Manifest Destiny at the Los Angeles Film Festival before being renamed to Hostile Border, described as a slow burning crime thriller mixed with a western. This actually looks better than you're probably expecting. Here's the official trailer for Michael Dwyer & Kaitlin McLaughlin's Hostile Border, in high def on Apple: Raised in the U.S., Claudia (22) is an undocumented immigrant living beyond her means in...
- 2/26/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Indiewire is proud to exclusively premiere the first trailer for Michael Dwyer and Kaitlin McLaughlin's crime thriller "Pocha (Manifest Destiny)." The film follows Claudia, a young Chicana who is deported to Mexico after getting caught committing credit card fraud. Claudia, who speaks no Spanish, moves in with her estranged father and grandmother at their ranch in northern México and becomes involved with a dangerous smuggler while adjusting to her new life. Newcomer Veronica Sixtos ("Quinceañera") stars as Claudia alongside Roberto Urbina ("Metástasis"), Maria Del Carmen Farias ("El Sueño de Lu"), Jorge Jimenez ("Hermoso Silensio") and Jesse Garcia ("Quinceañera"). Michael Dwyer and Kaitlin McLaughlin co-direct the film, with Dwyer serving as cinematographer for McLaughlin's screenplay. Dwyer's sister Alicia produced the film through her company Veracity Productions. "Pocha...
- 5/20/2015
- by Becca Nadler
- Indiewire
On the nights when mariachi groups amass on Mexico City's Plaza Garibaldi, playing for pesos and stirring the emotions of the crowds, there are a few female musicians in their midst. Prolific German filmmaker Doris Dorrie focuses on some of these women in her new documentary, Que Caramba es la Vida, premiering Tuesday at SXSW.
Filmed in eight weeks during 2012, the movie introduces the viewer to Maria del Carmen, a thirtysomething woman who financially supports her mother and daughter through her singing with an all-male mariachi troupe; Lupita, a young wife whose husband cares for their son the evenings and weekends she plays violin in a predominantly female troupe, Las Estrellas de Jalisco; and the older women of Las Pioneras de Mexico, some of whom were among the first female mariachis 50 years ago.
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Filmed in eight weeks during 2012, the movie introduces the viewer to Maria del Carmen, a thirtysomething woman who financially supports her mother and daughter through her singing with an all-male mariachi troupe; Lupita, a young wife whose husband cares for their son the evenings and weekends she plays violin in a predominantly female troupe, Las Estrellas de Jalisco; and the older women of Las Pioneras de Mexico, some of whom were among the first female mariachis 50 years ago.
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- 3/10/2014
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
Give him an "A" for ingenuity. Four years into a 20-year sentence for illegal weapons possession, Juan Ramirez Tijerina had had enough of life in the pokey. After a conjugal visit in July 2011 with his partner, Maria del Carmen Arjona Rivero, he was packed and ready to go - literally. Ramirez was apprehended after officers, noticing that Arjona seemed nervous as she headed for the prison exit in Chetumal, Mexico, with a bulging suitcase, unzipped the bag and found the convict inside. He's back behind bars, and Arjona was detained. "This is rare," says a prison spokesman. "Most of the inmates here dig tunnels,...
- 1/10/2013
- PEOPLE.com
Dr Mumbo rather enjoys being a bit of a nerd, both as a wordsmith and as a music fan.
Which is why he likes the Twitter hashtag #copyeditorbands, which was trending nationally this afternoon.
It’s rather addictive… Jimi Appendix, anyone?
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Which is why he likes the Twitter hashtag #copyeditorbands, which was trending nationally this afternoon.
It’s rather addictive… Jimi Appendix, anyone?
[View the story "#copyeditorbands" on Storify]
#copyeditorbands Clearly produced by subbing departments not on a Friday afternoon deadline, the hashtag #copyeditorbands was trending third across Australia.
Storified by Tim Burrowes · Thu, Aug 02 2012 21:28:58
The Whom #copyeditorbandsJake Cline Crowded House Style @evankindley #copyeditorbandsSam Cohen #copyeditorbands Girl in a CommaCurrent Occupant™ Z.Z. Fullstop. #copyeditorbandsQLD Literary Awards Radioheadline #CopyEditorBandsMaiya Hayes Panic! At the Deadline #copyeditorbandsTrey Barrineau Grammar Parseons #copyeditorbandsBenjamin Millar Linotype Ritchie #copyeditorbandsBruce Young Phil Colons #CopyEditorBands #80sStyleDan Herman Jimmy Pagenation #CopyEditorBandsMaria del Carmen #copyeditorbands Benny And the Stets. A dele.Paul Odd Type Future. #copyeditorbandssunsentinello #copyeditorbands Caption BeefheartCurrent Occupant™ The Alleged Killers. #copyeditorbandsTravis Souders Lou Proofreed #CopyEditorBands (Oops, I didn’t proofread that.)Maria del Carmen...
- 8/3/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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