How important is Español? Ask MTV.
The premier youth-oriented network, which practically defined television targeted at 12 to 34 year-olds, plans to launch the bilingual MTV Tr3s network this fall. That’s right, bilingual. Pronounced tres, meaning three in Spanish, the reformatted and redesigned version of its Spanish-language MTV en Español will air English and Spanish music videos, lifestyle series, and documentaries. By Jose Cancela
The 7th Annual New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) announced its exciting line-up of films and events representing the best in new U.S. Latino and Latin American filmmaking. This year’s festival features some of the hottest Latin talent in the industry, including Roselyn Sanchez, Diego Luna, and Edward James Olmos. The festival runs from July 25-30 at several theaters in New York, including Regal Union Square Stadium 14 (Broadway, at 13th Street), The Florence Gould Hall (55 East 59th Street), The Lighthouse International, Ames Auditorium (111 East 59th Street), and the Imaginasian Theater (239 East 59th Street).
It’s “lights, camera, action” time for up-and-coming Latino filmmakers who can now enter the Mercury Latino Lens Short Film Challenge for a chance to produce and showcase their original short films to consumers nationwide and compete for exclusive grand prizes. Mercury has teamed with the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) to find the top emerging and student filmmakers in the U.S. who will receive a $10,000 production budget to produce their screenplay that follows the Mercury’s theme of “Mucho Por Descubrir” (Much to Discover) and touches on the Latino experience in the U.S.
Grupo Televisa, S.A. reported that it has made a filing with the SEC on Schedule 13D in which it announces, among other things, that it has sent a letter dated June 30, 2006, informing Umbrella Holdings, LLC, the group led by Providence Equity, that Televisa will not be rolling over its shares in Univision as permitted under the Merger Agreement between Univision and Umbrella Holdings.
“Yo Soy Boricua, Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!” explores Rosie Perez’s burning question: why are Puerto Ricans so damn proud? Her journey through Puerto Rico’s history gains inspiration from the vibrant music, dancing and energy of the Puerto Rican Day Parade, and she uses this starting point to speak to Puerto Rican people about their identity and culture. We follow Rosie and her collaborators through New York, Miami and to Puerto Rico to document what it really means to be “Boricua.”
