Buena Gente

This is our biggest week as we have numerous things to coordinate for our Harlem Premiere Saturday, July 25th from the Maysles Cinema. Buena Gente has been blessed. We have worked really hard to put this event together and look forward to a great turnout. We have many talented people who helped make this project a reality and in less than a year's time Buena Gente is now ready for the world to see.

We are currently working on more NYC screenings & film festival entries to present our film to as many people as possible. The Two-Disc DVD Starter Edition is being finalized and we hope to have it available for sale in August. The edition will have a behind the scenes look at how we made this film with limited funds, but an abundance of planning, energy and networking. It'll include music videos, public service announcements (PSAs), feature commentary & much more. It'll be available on this site and we are in talks with neighborhood music/movie retail stores, too. There are still "mom & pop" places out there that could help us reach our target audience. Being in the community, feeling the energy & talking to people this past weekend, as we were putting up promotional posters, proved that many people want to see this movie. We don't have many films that speak to our existence as Latinos in this city.  

Keep in mind, Buena Gente is completely independent so we will keep pushing our film. We are in talks with certain industry people, but we are not waiting around for any company to validate us. We are giving ourselves the green light to go forward. There are festival award winning films sitting on the shelf. One of our goals is to create our own lane in the greater American movie system. We'd like to be acknowledged in the system, but are ready to establish our product and bring it to our audience independently. No matter what we have to go 100%. So many times people just talk & talk, but never do anything. Many of them have their own agenda & disregard others.  I've been reminded of something I learned many years ago. Don't just listen to what people say, watch what they do. You'll find out a lot about people by their actions.

We hope to see as many of you as possible on the 25th. Thanks for your support.