This weekend award-winning author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez and her production company launched aKickstarter campaign to fund a movie version of the megahit best-selling series “The Dirty Girls Social Club.”
As the project’s page says:
Hollywood, ever vigilant for opportunities to get rich, noticed that astronomical sales, and Alisa was wooed into several development deals, one after another, to make her beloved novel into a movie and/or TV show with big studios, networks and stars. Really big. No, really. BIG BIG BIG. But over and over the folks in charge were confused by the material, because they’d never seen anything like it before, and in Hollywood, it seems that most people want to be the first to do something…second.Alisa was “encouraged” to make the characters stereotypical, to conform to the very insults she poked fun of in the novel, in order to get the film made. The familiarity of the old downtrodden nonsense was comforting to the executives, because they’d seen it all before. For instance, she was told by one major network producer to get rid of all the Afro-Latino characters because “black Latin Americans will confuse America, a no one wants to watch black people on the screen.” Another network executive suggested Alisa rewrite the plots so that the women were dating men in prison, “because that’s what your people do.” Alisa (somewhat) politely refused, because she believes, as all good news reporters and artists do, that truth is truth, no matter how confusing it might be to those poor ignorant creatures who live beneath the foggy frumpy delusions of imperialistic myth. Or something like that. In short, she said “buh-bye.”After nearly a decade of watching the establishment try to ruin her book, and learning (because she’s muy slick like that) how to make a movie along the way, Alisa decided to produce the damn thing herself, with the help of incredibly talented and supportive actors and crew members. The success of visionaries like Tyler Perry inspired Alisa to write, produce and direct her own film. “I might not be the most seasoned filmmaker on the block, but I certainly can’t be any worse than what’s already being made,” she deadpans. In truth, she’s been studying the hell out of filmmaking, and will excel at it every bit as much as she has at everything else she’s done.The only catch? We need money. Not a lot of money, really. Not by Hollywood standards. We’re cheap. We’re okay with our Hyundai. For now.We think we can get this movie in the can for $1 million, and we think that for that relatively small investment, we will see tenfold returns, at least. Possibly a lot, lot more. We don’t need big budgets, or huge stars, because a film like this will MAKE stars. It’s time for new Latino faces in film anyway. It’s also time for clever new stories, new respect, and new perspective. Talent makes the movie. So does new technology. The film won’t cost a lot, but it will look like it did. Because we’re awesome like that. We are pretty sure, given the fan base for this material in the United States and around the world, that the film will do very well once it’s made…but first, it has to get made. And you can help. Actually, you have to. It’s the only way.The only way we’re going to do this is if you tell everyone you know about it. Have parties in your town. Bring a laptop. Show our fundraising video. Ask your guests to donate. We can do this as a community. We can battle the stereotypes. We can have fun doing it. Let’s do this. Let’s make history!
Latino Rebels has already become an official backer of the project, and we plan to follow Alisa’s journey this year. If you are interested in backing this project, you can go here.
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Last Friday night on CNN Latino, Madelyn Lugo, Chairperson of the non-profit National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Inc. (NPRDP), gave a nine-minute interview defending her organization surrounding the recent developments of an official Coors Light parade beer can that has generated controversy in the Puerto Rican community.
One of the issues she addressed pertained to the business and marketing relationship NPRPD has with GALOS Corp., the company responsible for finding sponsors and brands to help support the parade. When CNN’s Fernando Del Rincón asked Lugo about the current state attorney general investigation regarding the relationship NPRDP has with Coors Light, Lugo shared some general details:
[Lugo] said the parade’s marketing agency is the “person that negotiates with these corporations the money that comes to the parade.” This marketing agency is GALOS Corp. Lugo said that NPRPD has a contract with the company and that this contract has been “approved by the New York inspector general, and that agency earns a percentage of the funds that they bring for the parade.”
This morning Latino Rebels downloaded NPRDP’s public IRS filings and financial statements from 2011, available at the Charities Search site for New York. The full document can be viewed here.
These documents also include a financial audit for 2010 and 2011 where it lists specific details about GALOS and the commission it earns. According to the filings, GALOS was earning 27% in commissions up to December 31, 2011 and currently earns 33% of the “total funds collected on behalf of the Organization thereafter through the end of the contract term.” The document does not state when the contract term expires.
An DNAInfo May 31 article included comments from Carlos Velasquez, GALOS’ president, who is of Colombian descent:
Carlos Velasquez, president of the Galos Corporation, which was paid $85,919 for its fundraising activities for the group in 2011, according to tax documents, said the company has been working with the parade’s board for 20 years. The fees his company charged the group depend on the size and scope of the event and the number of personnel needed to organize the function, he said.In its 2011 tax documents, the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, Inc. wrote that it wanted the Galos Corporation to “focus efforts to raise more funding, to reduce the outstanding accounts payable, and decrease expenses.”Velasquez said his company plans to fully cooperate with the attorney general’s office and that any marketing decisions were made at the direction of the parade board.
The relationship between GALOS and NPRDP is one that several New York City politicians and community activists have raised during the past week.
DNA Info also included a quote from New York City councilor Melissa Mark-Viverito: “Accountability and transparency is important for any nonprofit, especially a parade of this size and magnitude where sponsorship and revenue is generated.”
GALOS, according to its website, markets the Puerto Rican Day Parade as follows:
A National Event with Television Exposure
The Sunday Parade along Fifth Avenue is the highlight of the National Puerto Rican Parade events. It has also become a major television event with viewership in the tri-state area, Puerto Rico, and soon in many other states, with well over 2 million viewers and over 3 million spectators. Our forum for this type of product exposure is provided by a major network during a 3-hour live, entertainment packed telecast. Spanish television stations also provide delayed telecast for the Sunday Parade. Spanish and English radio stations and newspapers participate as official representatives within their medium for the Parade as well as covering related events.Sunday Parade
The Sunday Parade along Fifth Avenue is the highlight of the National Puerto Rican Parade events. Parade participants number over 2 million and parade spectators exceed 3 million. There is extensive media coverage by way of live and delayed telecast on English and Spanish television, and live radio coverage. There is an impressive number of community contingencies, floats, marching bands, and musical groups which provide a festive and lively mood to the Parade.Be A Part Of Our Success
We invite you to come join us and enjoy the rich, colorful and multicultural event – the National Puerto Rican Day Parade. We look forward to adding your company’s name as a proud sponsor of this year’s exciting Parade celebration.
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A strong earthquake jolted Taiwan on Sunday, killing four people and injuring at least 19 others.
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The storm that left more than a dozen people dead in Oklahoma, moved into the East and South over the weekend.
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Austin Anderson, a member of the Tornado Hunt storm chase team, is expected to make a full recovery after sustaining serious injuries during an unintended tornado intercept.
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A fire in Southern California has burned 35 square miles and is spreading fast.
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