Saturday, August 7, 2010

"GUN" Movie Premiere in the New York International Latino Film Festival

"GUN" Premiered in the New York International Film Festival on July 30th , 2010.This film is action packed and very street edgy. It's about this gun runner on the rise.


GUN was written by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, in which he plays the lead character along with Val Kilmer. This movie was Directed by the very well known music video director Jessy Terrero of Terrero Films. Curtis Jackson's character is more of a man who is trying to grow in a world of illegal firearms and becomes the head go to man. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, told En La Escena that this screenplay was written originally on how guns go from the manufacturer to point of purchase, as distributed by law abiding citizens and then unfortunately falls into the wrong hands. 50 Cent also shared with us that he will be continuing to produce music and is currently working on a new album. Some of the members of the cast were present at the premiere like Lynn Whitfield, who played the role of 50 Cent's mother in the movie GUN. Other celebrities & Actors came out to support Jessy Terrero and Curtis Jackson at the GUN premiere such as, Julissa Bermudez, Elvis Nolasco, Ephraim Benton, Sharif Atkins, Adrienne Bailon, just to name a few...


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"Tropico De Sangre" Premiere in the New York International Latino Film Festival

On July 29th, Jessica Medina covered the Premiere of "Tropico de Sangre"in the NYILFF "Dominican Night" celebration for En La Escena. This event took place at Columbia University in Washington Heights, where a large majority of residents are Dominican. The evening was full of celebrities walking the red carpet and even supporting celebrity friends such as Henry from "Aventura" came to see the movie and shared with us the great news of recently becoming a dad. The French producer of this film that lives in Dominican Republic Joan Giacinti was present, along with Executive Producer/Director Juan Delancer. There were international as well as national actors such as Michelle Rodriguez & Juan Fernandez and more specifically Dominican actors residing in the U.S., such as Celines Toribio, Claudette Lali, Luchy Estevez, Sergio Carlo. The Director Juan Delancer, said: "It's a film that explores the atmosphere of a very peculiar dictatorship and in the same scenario the courage of three women and brave men who defied Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, and marked the end of a dictatorial regime."

Many are content with this film and say more films about the Dominican history and culture should be made so our youth could be educated on the history of the Dominican Republic.

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Trey Dice is a successful musician living the lavish lifestyle he always dreamed about--while Isis Steele, his former love, still struggles to overcome their failed relationship. One quiet night, Trey has a chance encounter with Luiz Crawls, a guilt-ridden jazz legend whose career has long since plummeted after the loss of his wife. Tormented by self-blame and desperate to free himself from emotional captivity, Luiz seizes his opportunity for redemption: forcing Trey to face truths that will alter the course of his life forever.
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