by William A. Avellan | Jun 24, 2018 | News, Press Release
At Union Avenue Elementary School in Los Angeles, a classroom of fifth grade students are buzzing during the last week of school. The students are high-fiving, grabbing popcorn and forming a circle around a makeshift stage. One of those students is Dylan Martinez —... 
by William A. Avellan | Jun 20, 2018 | News, Press Release
Fifteen-year-old Alejandra Santos is about to celebrate becoming a woman, but the evening of her quinceañera will not be what she or anyone in her family expects. Her father is missing and a sinister figure from a Mexican cartel shows up at the celebration,... 
by ypcadmin | Nov 27, 2017 | News
Paris-based international sales agent Stray Dogs has picked up Bangladeshi filmmaker Abdullah Mohammed Saad’s “Live From Dhaka.” 
by ypcadmin | Oct 11, 2017 | News
Students in Alma Elias’ fourth-grade class at Mark Twain Elementary School could be excused for being a bit star struck by their classroom visitor, but how often does an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter drop by to offer tips on how best to develop a movie... 
by ypcadmin | Sep 11, 2017 | News
By all appearances, Rafael Agustin had been the all-American high school student: he was class president, prom king and an honor roll student. But there was one hitch: he was also in the country illegally. It was a discovery Agustin learned while applying for college... 
by ypcadmin | Aug 30, 2017 | News
Eleven-year-old Brian Estrada isn’t just a student at Van Wig Elementary School — he’s now a film producer and writer. And he has the script to prove it, thanks to a cinema project from Edward James Olmos’ Latino International Film Institute that’s designed to help...
