…the first every public screening of Radicalized, the post-Occupy, voice of a generation protest documentary at the opening night at the Downtown Film Festival.

American journalist Phuong-Cac Nguyen has directed a visually stunning, culturally intoxicting  film called South American Cholo that penetrates the inner sanctum of the little known but thriving lowrider scene in Brazil. 'Culture Chicana' is the Portuguese name given to the scene inspired by North American gang culture. Among those featured in the film are iconic L.A. photographer Estevan Oriol, Brazilian ambassador of lowrider culture Antonio Carlos Batista "Alemão" Filho and Sao Paulo tattoo artist Luiz "Gordo" Teixeira. You can see it at The Line Hotel on Thursday, August 14, 2014 from 7-9pm. Their will be a photography exhibit as well and it's all open to the public.   Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014 Time: 7-9 p.m. (film will screen multiple times during event) Where: The Line Hotel, 3515 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010 Cost: Free and open to the public Information: www.southamericancholo.com https://www.facebook.com/SouthAmericanCholo...

I haven't seen DIRTY WARS yet, but I heard an interview with director Richard Rowley and journalist Jeremy Scahill.  This doc won the Cinematography Prize at Sundance this year. I understand it's shot / structured like a feature, which is one of the reasons I want to see it.   DIRTY WARS - LA premier Please join Big Noise Films director Richard Rowley for the LA premier of DIRTY WARS - a new film that follows investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill to the front-lines of the covert war on terror in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia.   The film won the Cintematography Prize at Sundance. Variety says it is "astonishingly hard-hitting" and adds: "This jaw-dropping, persuasively researched pic has the power to pry open government lockboxes." Opens Friday, June 7 @ The LANDMARK - 10850 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064 Rowley will lead post-screening discussions Friday @ 3:20, 5:30 and 7:40 and Saturday @ 3:00, 5:30 and 8:00. tickets - http://bit.ly/14hh7Qd trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdDdaahMRuo   DIRTY WARS won the Cinematography Prize at Sundance this year. "JAW DROPPING. . . ASTONISHINGLY HARD-HITTING. . . HAS THE POWER TO PRY OPEN GOVERNMENT LOCKBOXES." - Variety "A TRUE-LIFE CRIME THRILLER ABOUT AMERICA'S COVERT WARS. . . DIRTY WARS IS A GAME CHANGING, MIND-BLOWING FILM. . . A MYSTERY THRILLER AS COMPELLING AS ANY FEATURE FILM." - Huffington Post The global war on terror is the most important story of our generation, but it is unfolding largely in secret. Around the world, dozens of wars are being fought in our name, but without our knowledge and without effective oversight. With the release of DIRTY WARS, we have an amazing opportunity to bring this story out of the shadows and into downtown theaters across America. more information at...

I met Anthony Torres on a story about a film school called Inner City Filmmakers. It's a film school boot camp for marginalized kids in LA. He's a trailer editor. The whole time he's been nurturing a decidedly pathological obsession with collecting stuff from the Scream movies. excerpt -- Deep in the far reaches of Montebello, in a secret temple, a young monk arranges sacred objects on the altar with exacting specificity. Each item is invested with hallowed significance and placed in its preordained place. Shot by Sam Slovick & Sean Hernandez. Cut by Anthony and Sean. http://samslovick.com http://twitter.com/samslovick http://www.youtube.com/SamSlovick http://www.facebook.com/sam.slovick http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-slovick read the story here:...