“Ministers” in vanguard of American Latino pics

“While attention focused on the Oscars Latin invasion led by Mexico’s Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo Arriaga and Adriana Barraza, along with Spain’s Penelope Cruz, a small, independent movie titled “The Ministers” began production in New York.

“Ministers” is a crime thriller written and directed by New Yorker Franc. Reyes, who is reteaming with actor-writer-performer John Leguizamo, with whom he worked on 2002s “Empire.” The “Ministers” filmmakers represent another aspect of the current Latin wave: They are making films in English rather than Spanish that star Latinos, telling stories about American Latinos. To Reyes, that difference is a critical.”

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