New Latinos Filmmakers Night Set for NewFilmmakers NY, 2/8

NewLatino Filmmakers Screening Series is the only independent Latino "cinematheque" showcase in New York City. On February 8th, NewFilmmakers NY wll present an evening of works by Latino Filmmakers. The evening schedule is:

6:00 PM Documentary Series

Paul Kakert TRAIN TO NOWHERE: INSIDE AN IMMIGRANT DEATH INVESTIGATION
Explore the deaths of 11 undocumented immigrants from Mexico and Central America, found in railcar in a small Iowa farm town in 2002. Told through a victim's brother, an immigration agent, and a train conductor working with the smugglers.

7:00 PM Special Program

Michael Diaz THE TICKETS
In order to score concert tickets to see their favorite band's one-time reunion concert, Danny and Mick organize a heist of their own AA meeting. The robbery doesn't go as planned.

Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez URBAN LULLABUY
Unemployed artist Nina is at her breaking point in her noisy Bronx neighborhood. She is too intimidated to step to Mateo, her young, thuggish neighbor and source of the noise.

Gloria La Morte CRUSH
Prom Night in the South Bronx, Michael is in for the an evening of horror, hilarity and hope as he decides whether or not to man up and kick it to his high school Crush or punk out and let him walk into the sunset.

Hugo Perez SEED
The year is 2022, a decade after the world famine and food riots, and the Mendelian Corporation now bioengineers the world's entire commercial food supply through genetically-modified seeds, and has outlawed natural "heirloom" seeds which can only be found on the black market.

J.W. Cortes CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
Jason Cruz (JW Cortes), is an Iraq war veteran arrested amidst allegations of murdering unarmed Iraqi children. Jason attempts to detach himself from his unsuspecting family in an effort to save them from his pang of conscience.

Manuela Senatore A JOURNEY TO HOMELAND
Marcela, a woman from Colombia, relocates to New York to find a career but has to decide if what she finds is worth the loss of what she has left behind.

Rafael Salazar Moreno CAMILO
Jeremy, a young Latin American journalist living and working in New York, is moving into an apartment with his girlfriend the following day, but receives a phone call one evening telling him he has to go to Haiti to cover the earthquake.

9:00 PM Feature Presentation

Will Fonseca CHANGING DIEGO
Changing Diego is the story of Diego Morales (Anthony Cruz) a shy, young paralegal who lives with his parents and his eccentric grandmother who believes in the supernatural. Diego is head-over-heels over Marissa Mercado (Yomaris Maldonado) his co-worker.

The NewFilmmakers NY Series screens at Anthology Film Archives on the Lower East Side
at 32 Second Avenue & 2nd Street. Tickets for the whole evening at NewFilmmakers NY are only $6 and are available at the Anthology Box Office the night of screening.

Visit NewFilmmakers.com for more information.