DGA Monthly - 4 - Issue 8 - August 2007 | Events| Latino Committee Event

The Monday, July 9, DGA Latino Committee event featured a special screening of Ichaso’s film El Cantante, the true story of Hector Lavoe who started the salsa movement in 1975 and brought it to the United States. Following the screening, Ichaso engaged moderator Ricardo Méndez Matta in discussion about the making of the film.

Photos by: Byron Gamarro - Click images for larger views and more information where available

Director León Ichaso (center) with moderator Ricardo Méndez Matta (second from left), and his El Cantante collaborators Claudio Chea (Cinematographer ), Lisa Rhoden Boyd (Creative Associate) and Raúl Marchand (Editing).

DGA members gather to hear Director León Ichaso talk about the making of his new film El Cantante.

Director León Ichaso with members of the Latino Committee: (l-r ) Latino Committee Co-Chairs Gabe Torres, Jay Torres , Latino Committee members Maria Jimenez Henley, Betty Kaplan, Ichaso, moderator Ricardo Méndez Matta, Latino Committee members Alicia Rivera Frankl, Livia Pérez-Borrero, Thomas Trail, and Anna-Marie Esparza.

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