Screens Sunday, October 23, 5:30 pm
A Day at the Theatre
(Un día en el teatro)
USA / Mexico/ 2007 / 13 min
Director: Kenneth Castillo
Producer: Karla Ojeda
Screenwriter: Kenneth Castillo
Cinematographer: Scott Daniels
Editor: Scott Daniels
“A Day at the Theatre” is episode V in a series of short films entitled The Misadventures of Cholo Chaplin. In this particular episode we follow our hero-Cholo Chaplin and his offspring “junior” as they head out to see a motion picture but instead witness a real life tragedy, as a Latino sailor is literally torn between the patriotism of serving his country and the pride of representing his culture. Violence begets violence in this fable of what it means to be a Latino and an American embodying the same soul.
“Un día en el teatro” es el episodio cinco de una serie de películas cortas tituladas “The Misadventures of Cholo Chaplin”. En este episodio seguimos a nuestro héroe-Cholo “Chaplin” y a su hijo “Júnior” cuando van en camino a ver una película, los planes cambian cuando atestiguan una tragedia: un soldado latino de la Marina Americana y su encrucijada de servir a su país y de representar su cultura. Ésta es una historia de lo que significa ser Latino y americano en la misma alma.
Cast: Fred Albert, Osma Bryant, Amada Castillo, Sol Castillo, Cholo Chaplin, Mauricio Mendoza, Erica Ortega, Edward Padilla, Richard Soto, Trevor Wilde
Film Language: English
Film Year: 2007
Run Time: 13 min