Latino filmmaker honored at annual breakfast – (Ligiah Villalobos who wrote and produced Under the Same Moon / La Misma Luna) – Rhode Island From: projo.com
Tagged: Film, latina, Rhode Island, Spanish-languagePosted on: May 19th, 2008
Ligiah Villalobos admitted the odds were against her when she wrote and produced Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna), now breaking records for a Spanish-language film in this country. It has grossed $22 million since its release on March 19.
Villalobos, keynote speaker at the sixth annual breakfast of the Center for Hispanic Policy and Advocacy (CHisPA) yesterday, said the film spent six years on the shelf. She wrote it in English but was “adamant” that it be produced in Spanish for authenticity — a move that reduced its mainstream marketability. She had never written a feature film that had been produced. And, she added, “I was talking about a very controversial subject matter — undocumented workers.””*
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