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Latinos heading to Sundance

01/17/2012 By Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again! The newest and freshest in the independent film industry will gather in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. While the past few years has found commercialization encroaching on what was once an event for film lovers, Sundance Institute has found itself pushing back on the Hollywood experience, with it’s “Focus on Films” campaign.

Directors and producers have experienced some serious insomnia trying to put the finishing touches on their films in time to submit them. Of the many films being screened this year, are a handful of Latinos hitting Sundance for the first time. Among them are Aurora Guerrero’s “Mosquita y Mari” and “Filly Brown” with Gina Rodriguez. Sundance veteran, Zoe Saldaña stars in “The Words” with Bradley Cooper.

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About Eileen Rivera

Eileen was born in The Bronx, to Puerto Rican parents. She grew up thinking the whole world was Latino. Moving to Rockland County in upstate New York taught her it wasn’t. One more move in 1976, brought her to Hudson County, New Jersey where she currently resides. She attended Rutgers-Newark where she majored in Social Work with a minor in Puerto Rican studies. Eileen credits her history professor, Dr. Olga Wagenheim, for the spark and impetus to search out her roots in a pre-computer era. The daughter of a minister, she credits her father for the activism, volunteerism and search for justice that have characterized her adult years.

The mother of two adult daughters, Eileen has worked in the Juvenile Justice system for twenty-eight years. She acts as a liaison between the Juvenile Detention Center and the Juvenile Court.

Writing was something she shared with family. Stories and songs for her children and Christmas tales for the extended family. She now shares her writing with a larger family, the Being Latino family.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be understood to be shared by Being Latino, Inc.

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