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A call to greatness with 'Blue Miracle' writer-director Julio Quintana
Blue Miracle is based on the inspiring true story of Casa Hogar, an orphanage for boys in Cabo San Lucas, and a chance victory in the world’s biggest fishing tournament that saved them from bankruptcy. The film follows the head of Casa Hogar, Papa Om...
Side hustle drama 'Take Out Girl' dispels the myth of the model minority
TAKE OUT GIRL is about a twenty-something girl Tera (Hedy Wong), who drops out of college to help her single mother run a struggling Chinese restaurant. Feeling imprisoned by poverty and a lack of options, Tera takes a dangerous job for a drug lord i...
Locked In' with writer-director Carlos Gutierrez
Mena Suvari stars as Maggie, a single mom of a teenage daughter who has taken one wrong turn after another, leading her to live hand-to-mouth in a rundown motel, working at a self-storage facility. Living in fear and desperate for money, Maggie makes...
Native excellence with comedic revelation Jana Schmieding of ‘Rutherford Falls’
Jana Schmieding stars in and serves as a staff writer on the revolutionary new series, Rutherford Falls. Helmed by co-creators Sierra Teller Ornelas, Mike Schur, and Ed Helms, the new comedy is the very first Native sitcom. Schmieding stars as Reagan...
‘Voyagers’ Explores the Core of Humanity Whilst Hurtling Through Space
Voyagers is set in the not-so-distant future when Earth is rapidly becoming uninhabitable and humankind needs to seek life on other planets. The story follows a space crew solely made up of young people who were bred and trained for this mission sinc...