Host Gina Rodriguez and Writer/Director Aaref Rodriguez
Premieres Thursday, Dec. 4th, 8pm ET/PT
NUVO Point of View: The Emerging Latino Filmmakers Showcase hosted by actress Gina Rodriguez premieres tonight. The films selected for the NUVO Point of View were chosen out of 200 submissions. The series allows the talented writers, producers, and directors to showcase their film to a national audience. The opening film in the series is Aaref Rodriguez’s Avenues at 8pm on the NUVOtv cable network.
NUVO Point of View: The Emerging Latino Filmmakers Showcase is a three hour special that will showcase four original shorts William Caballero’s How you Doing Danny Boy: Voicemails from Gran’pa; Antonio Perez’s horror flick Luna; and Francisco Lorite’s short film Meditation which stars Freddy Rodriguez (Six Feet Under) and Aaref’s feature film Avenues.
Avenues is a gripping drama that tell a story of a man trying to figure out his role as a father after being release from a decade long prison sentence.
This is a series that will play an important role in introducing Latino filmmakers and their project national with the airing of their projects as well as the video interview Gina Rodriguez conducts and can also be found on the NUVOtv website. be In-depth articles can be found on
Doing double duty from shooting her hit show Jane The Virgin, Rodriguez says is important as she is passionate about Latino and telling Latino stories.
FEATURE:
AVENUES
TRT: 88 mins
Logline: Saul Sanchez returns home to the rough Northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park, also known as The Avenues, after serving a decade-long prison sentence… all in the hopes of connecting with his daughter whom he’s never met.
Director: Aaref Rodriguez
Writer: Aaref Rodriguez
Producer: Kristin Cox Rodriguez, Tom Ingram, Tomm Looney
Location: Los Angeles
Password: montevista
SHORTS:
HOW YOU DOIN’ BOY?
TRT: 4 mins
Logline: A character-driven hybrid short film about pint-sized elderly Latino Gran’pa leaving a series of humorous unanswered voice-mails for his grandson Davy.
Director: William D. Caballero
Writer: William D. Caballero
Producer: William D. Caballero
Location: New Jersey
Pw: GRANPA
LUNA
TRT: 12 mins
Logline: A young girl witnesses the murder of her family by a mysterious killer. Now she must try to survive before the killer finds her.
Director: Antonio Perez
Writer: Antonio Perez
Producer: Antonio Perez
Location: Los Angeles
MEDIATION
TRT: 14 mins
Logline: A divorce mediation spirals out of control for a husband, his soon-to-be ex-wife and their court-appointed mediator.
Director: Francisco Lorite
Writer: Francisco Lorite
Producer: Bill Winett, Freddy Rodriguez
Location: Los Angeles
Password: lovehurts
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