I invited Lance De Los Santos and Gabriel Duran to talk filmmaking and their Festival De Cine Latino America (FDCLA) - which is a Latino film festival taking place February 23rd through February 25th at the University of North Texas in Denton.

In our talk, we discussed Latino representation, bringing actors like Jesse Borrego from films like Blood in Blood Out (1993) and Fame (1980) to be recognized at the festival, using the festival as a platform for Latin American filmmakers to screen their work in the US, celebrating culture, having a writing master class with Edui Tijerina who wrote Cantinflas (2014), bringing a Cantinflas tribute act out to perform and using this festival as a networking opportunity for student filmmakers to connect and get inspired.

Please check out FDCLA.org for more information and follow them on Facebook.