in partnership with the
present a panel discussion & workshop Co-sponsored by Latino Studies/NYU
SO YOU THINK YOU’RE FUNNY?
LATINOS IN COMEDY:
WEB SERIES, FILMS, TV & THEATER
Fact: comedy is one of the most difficult genres in media and entertainment. Reality: many Latino content creators gravitate towards it, few deliver. Plus, cultural humor has particular nuances that don’t always migrate well in crossing borders. Various universal subjects in addressing comedy will be tackled targeting diverse media:
Stereotypes, Urban Humor & Mainstream Appeal
Clever vs. Corny
Racy vs. Raunchy
Pushing Buttons vs. Offensive
Character Development & Branding an Icon
Subtlety, Timing & Delivery
Content & Measurement is King: Building an audience
Distribution & Monetization
Date: Saturday, November 14th, 1-2:30PM
Location: 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU
Followed by networking reception
FREE ADMISSION – RSVP: http://latinosincomedy.eventbrite.com
Moderator: Tio Louie/Louis E. Perego Moreno, President, Skyline Features
Panelists:
Jaime Fernandez: Co-founder & writer comedy troupe, Room 28
Angelo Lozada: Co-creator & writer digital series, Get Some!
Yamin Segal: Director, Programming & Prod, Flama/Univision
Bill Santiago: Comedian, Actor, Author, TV Host & Commentator
Rhina Valentin: Film & Theater Actor, TV Host, Writer, Prod/Dir
Lastly, a case study by content-creator, Elaine Del Valle who will present from her web series, Reasons Y I’m Single to which panelists provide feedback for mentoring a successful business and programmatic strategy. Q&A with audience
Panelist:
JAIME FERNANDEZ @J_fernz
For the last 10 years in the NYC comedy circuit, at first as a stand-up comedian, he transitioned into acting in both live and filmed sketch comedy as a co-founder and head writer of the comedy troupe Room 28. He is in the upcoming indie film, The Boy Downstairs, the indie comedy The Stockroom and The Ghouligans! Miniseries. TV credits include Law & Order, HBO Latino’s anecdote series, Habla Ya!, commentator on the NuvoTV series, Latino 101 and voicing the character of Armando in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony. He wrote and acted in the webseries, Studio Heads, co-wrote the webseries, ASK BAGO on FLAMA and the last web series, Henry winning Best Actor in a Dramedy at the LA Webfest awards. His current sketch group signed a deal with Lorne Michael’s Broadway Video digital site to create comedic content, Más Mejor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nthBy5SCCw
ANGELO LOZADA @Angelolozada66
Hailed as one of the top 50 Latino comics in the U.S., Bronx native Angelo Lozada attributes his upbringing in the boogie-down for his comedic style. His career has included stand-up, sketch comedy, writing, theater and film. Currently, he is the warm-up comedian for Comedy Central’s acclaimed, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. His television stand-up credits include NBC’s Showtime at the Apollo to BET’s Comic View and screen credits range from the Hal Hartley-directed films, Ned Rifle (2014) and My America (2014). His latest creative endeavor is the T & A produced digital series Get Some!, which has been featured in several festivals. http://kollidetv.com/watch/get-some
YAMIN SEGAL @yaminsegal
Responsible for over 80 million views, he has overseen the development and production teams at Univision’s English-language, digital channel Flama from inception less than two years ago, to a rapidly growing network of over 500,000 Facebook friends, and 300,000 YouTube subscribers. He has worked to curate partnerships with online influencers, develop original programming and implement content for year-long campaigns for fortune 500 companies, such as Coca-Cola and McDonalds, among others. As a strong believer in the need to see more Latino faces in media, Yamin is most proud of helping to provide a platform for a severely underserved demographic with the knowledge that in the future Latinos will no longer be the exception but the norm.
BILL SANTIAGO @billsantiago
He is the first born of at least four children. He became a standup after narrowly escaping a career in journalism. He appears every Saturday morning on CNN with Randi Kaye, delivering comic relief commentary via Santiago’s Weekly Pop Wrapup. His first television special was, Comedy Central Presents: Bill Santiago. His first book was Pardon My Spanglish. ¡Porque Because!. Bill’s TV credits include a half-hour special for Showtime LOL, Craig Ferguson, Conan O’Brien, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend, Chelsea Lately, Good Morning America Now, ABC News, NBC TV Visiones, BBC World and CNN en Español. He had the honor of hosting the Latin Grammy’s Man of the Year Award ceremonies, honoring Juan Luis Guerra (the tallest Dominican he ever met). https://vimeo.com/45650751
RHINA VALENTIN @rhinavalentin
“La Reina,” Founder and CEO of La Reina Del Barrio Inc., is a New York-born Latina of Puerto Rican descent. She is a mother, comedienne, actor, writer, producer, director, dancer and choreographer. For the past nine years, she has been the host for the award?winning talk show, OPEN Friday on BronxNet TV. She is a graduate of the William Esper Studio Conservatory Master’s Program. Rhina has been featured on HBO’s Betty la Flaca, premiering as an award-winning short film at the NY Int’l Latino Film Festival. She has performed from the Apollo Theater to Lincoln Center. Her latest character from the One Festival is her one-woman hit show, Tátaa, the freestyle dance girl – throwback to the ‘80’s & ‘90’s. http://lareinadelbarrio.org/?p=3414
ELAINE DEL VALLE @brownsvillebred
The award-winning actor is a leading Producer and Casting Director. Propelling her career was an autobiographical one-woman show that she wrote and starred in, Brownsville Bred. She negotiated a first of its kind deal for interstitial programming with HBO Latino, Gran’pa Knows Best a web series she produces with Director/Creator, William D. Caballero. She recently cast Comedy Central’s Alternatino, the first Latino-centric sketch for their digital channel. Elaine also wrote, cast and produced, The Bodega Series a pilot about gentrification in Brooklyn through the eyes of the Rivera family who own a Bushwick bodega. http://youtu.be/unu4das1Ecg
Louis E. Perego Moreno/@TioLouie
Founder & Executive Producer of PRIME LATINO MEDIA, the largest network on the East Coast of bilingual Latino multimedia-makers and actors that hosts the PRIME LATINO MEDIA Salón, metro-New York’s only monthly network gathering in which over 75 narrative & documentary filmmakers, programmers, casting agents, TV & digital media producers, actors and journalist/authors have been interviewed. An interactive content producer and educator who for the past 34 years has owned Skyline Features, a bilingual (English and Spanish-language) multimedia and educational production company developing documentaries, television programming and advertising commercials featuring Latinos, Blacks, Women, Urban Youth and LGBT. Created a non-profit video training program that over the course of ten years produced 70 documentary shorts with 1,500 Latino and Black Youth. Producer/Director/Writer of documentary feature, Latina Confessions (What does it mean to be Latina in the USA?) and on the PBS documentary feature as Co-producer of American Dreams Deferred, about a Puerto Rican family and their son’s journey graduating from NYU with a Master’s degree.
Screen 49 films this week at the International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival
November 11-15, 2015
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Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) www.hellohola.org
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