Starting Friday January 5th and running through Thursday January 11th, Film Forum in NYC is hosting a retrospective of some of Leon Ichaso's most loved movies, shot in Nueva York. They're showing EL SUPER, CROSSOVER DREAMS, SUGAR HILL, PIÑERO, EL CANTANTE.

In Honor of the well deserved retrospective - Miami should be doing something like this...Leon se lo merece. we spoke to the Co-Writer and Producer of El Super and Crossover Dreams, the wonderful Manuel Arce, about Leon, his life and career and specifically the two beloved films they made together - but also all of Leon's work and the hallmarks of his take on film, crafting some of the most ground breaking, unique, truthful and artful independent films ever made - and Leon's bold take on life and his great way with actors.

Generation ñ founder Bill Teck hosts the generation ñ podcast, all about Latinx culture in the USA. And sometimes outside the USA. Usually en Ingles, sometimes en Español. :) Now with Mas Cowbell.

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Kiele is a musician and visual artist from Miami who makes some of the most groundbreaking, groovy, funky, and fresh tracks that you've ever heard. She backs it up with some of the most creative videos being made - and she does it all with a Miami flavor so unique she stands with any of the artists who've made Miami part of their vibe.

She's also a producer and actress who recently appeared in the film Plantadas. We talked about her music and videos and her activism - she's very involved in the cause of raising awareness about lack of freedom in Cuba - and just talked about the act of balancing it all. Gen ñ founder Bill Teck was thrilled to talk to someone that talented, that smart and that unique - but who was also such a thoughtful artist, reinterpreting Miami and it's cultura in a whole new way. We think you'll really enjoy the talk - but we think you'll enjoy discovering this fantastic new artist even more. She's bringing a whole new dimension to Miami.

find her on instagram at @kiele.ca

Generation ñ founder Bill Teck hosts the generation ñ podcast, all about Latinx culture in the USA. And sometimes outside the USA. Usually en Ingles, sometimes en Español. :) Now with Mas Cowbell.

You can follow generation ñ at our website and...

http://generation-ntv.com/

https://www.instagram.com/generationenye/

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Our guest on the 1st ep of the new season of the generation ñ / Miami Now podcast is Gus Cabrera who is the immediate past president of the LBA. We talked about their role in the community, spoke about growin' up down here, and (Gus is one of the best read guys i know) even talked his top 5 books. 

Gus is the Principal of Evergreen Venture Group, a consulting and real estate investment firm and previously worked with MasTec, Inc. holding several positions throughout his 18 year tenure, including Division Vice President where he was responsible for operations throughout South Florida, as well as Corporate Vice President of Business Development.

Gus current past president of the Latin Builders Association, one of the largest Hispanic construction associations in the United States and has been involved with the LBA for over 20 years.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Florida International University. Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, Gus arrived in Miami in 1979 at the age of 10, and currently resides in Miami, FL with his family.

Generation ñ founder Bill Teck hosts the generation ñ podcast, all about Latinx culture in the USA. And sometimes outside the USA. Usually en Ingles, sometimes en Español. :) Now with Mas Cowbell.

You can follow generation ñ at our website and... 

http://generation-ntv.com/

https://www.instagram.com/generationenye/

https://twitter.com/generation_n

https://www.facebook.com/generationenye/

Our guest on this episode is the wonderful film director and writer Seba De Caro.

Seba De Caro is a film director , screenwriter , writer and actor from Argentina . He participated as an actor in the roller coaster and Todos contra Juan programs . As a screenwriter and director, he made several independent productions: Rockabilly (2000), De noche van a tu cuarto (2005) and 20,000 kisses (2013), among others. He's the author of the books Mi método (cuentos, 2011), Las nuevas aventuras de un biólogo recién recibido (novela, 2013), La flor más falsa del mundo (novela, 2017) and his new book Cielo Drive: El Culto de Charles Manson, Sharon Tate, y la leyenda diaólica que inspiró a Tarantino.

We talk talk primarily about his brilliant new film Claudia, starring Dolores Fonsi, which opened BAFICI, the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, his creative process as prose writer and director, his cinephilia, (he tells a great Bogdanovich anecdote) and what new directors intrigue him.

You can find Seba at @sebadecaro on Instagram

at @sebadecaro on Twitter and his fan page on Facebook is

https://www.facebook.com/sebadecarocine/

Generation ñ founder Bill Teck hosts the generation ñ podcast, all about Latinx culture in the USA. And sometimes outside the USA. Usually en Ingles, sometimes en Español. :) Now with Mas Cowbell.

You can follow generation ñ at our website and...

http://generation-ntv.com/

https://www.instagram.com/generationenye/

https://twitter.com/generation_n

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Gen ñ editor bill teck talks to director / producer / mastermind and music supervisor bobbito Garcia about his auto biographical new doc ROCK RUBBER 45s

Rock, Rubber, 45s is a cinematic odyssey exploring the connectivity of global

basketball, sneaker, and music lifestyle through the firsthand lens of

authentic New York City culture orchestrator Bobbito Garcia. The film explores

García's youth dealing with mistreatment, educational quandaries, identity, and

loss as well as his ascension to self-determination as an adult freelance

creative. The ballplayer/author/DJ/filmmaker has carved an independent career

that has inspired millions throughout the world, and has affected the growth and

direction of the footwear, hip hop, and sports industries in the process.

DJ Bobbito Garcia is the critically acclaimed author of Where'd You Get Those? NYC's Sneaker Culture: 1960-1987. As an award-winning filmmaker, Garcia has directed DOIN' IT IN THE PARK: PICK-UP BASKETBALL, NYC, STRETCH AND BOBBITO: RADIO THAT CHANGED LIVES, and his autobiographical documentary ROCK RUBBER 45s. Currently, "Kool Bob Love" produces his b-ball tournament Full Court 21™ in four continents, and co-hosts NPR's "What's Good With Stretch And Bobbito" podcast.

the film on social is at

https://www.instagram.com/rockrubber45s/

https://twitter.com/rockrubber45s

SABOTEUR MEDIA

PRESENTS

ROCK RUBBER 45s

A FILM BY: BOBBITO GARCÍA

WITH: LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, ROSIE PEREZ, STEVIE WONDER, QUESTLOVE, PATTI LABELLE, MIKE RAPAPORT, CHUCK D, CHRIS PAUL, SCOTTIE PIPPEN, MAXWELL AND MANY MORE.

MUSIC BY: BOBBITO GARCÍA, EDDIE PALMIERI, ROBERT GLASPER, OSUNLADE, SPINNA, MONICA BLAIRE & THE DU-RITES

Part abandoned amusement park, part roadside haunted house, part Sid & Marty Kroft Supershow , part working video store and palace of wonders - there's no moviegoing experience in America quite like what Nayib Estefan is doing with the Nite Owl Theater (which is really a cinema) - but theater might be the right name for it.

With the projectionist as DJ, with the amazingly immersive Experience that he's created around watching a movie - if you love cinema and you love repertory screenings and you love to be surrounded by Films in an exciting/creative/fun way with great attention to detail, with tremendous love of process and intent but still with a terrific sense of fun you owe yourself to check out Nite owl Theater in the Design District and to listen to this podcast and interview with Nayib Estefan and Eric Zaldivar would been involved with this fantastic creation and gift to moviegoers for a few years now.

Eric is an actor ,writer and director living in LA, who makes some of the films that show prior to the to the movies at Nite Owl and Nayib is the impresario and mastermind behind what has to be one of the most creative moviegoing experiences in the United States.

Miami deserves this kind of thinking, this kind of cinema, this kind of attention to doing something new and exciting - it's time to celebrate that it's here.

I've been begging him to be on this podcast since I first started attending his Secret Celluloid Society screenings at different venues around town but now with the opening of his own official space in the Design District I finally convinced Nayib to sit down with me for an interview. I spoke to him and Eric about cinema, about where the grindhouse means the art-house, about The Great Peanut Butter Conspiracy, renting movies with your Abuelo and what makes for a great cinematic experience. Nayib has created one most interesting things going in Miami and it was a thrill to get to talk about Nite Owl & Secret Celluloid Society - Movie Aficionados and lovers of what's great, Take Note!

www.niteowltheater.com

https://www.facebook.com/NiteOwlTheater/

https://www.instagram.com/niteowltheater

A closing night backstage talk with ¿Qué Pasa U.S.A.? Today's producer Nelson Albareda & it's writer Patrick H. Pino on updating the classic legacy that's so close to our hearts.

As ¿Que Pasa, U.S.A.? Today rolls up to it's 2nd (and final) weekend at the Adrienne Arsht Center's Sanford & Dolores Ziff Operahouse it's a celebration of all that our Cuban community in South Florida is and has been. Gen ñ founder Bill Teck spoke to fantastic actresses Martha Picanes and Vivian Ruiz about their standout roles as Violeta's momther and aunt, Encarnacion and Asuncion - their lives and careers in theater and on screen, and Gonzalo Rodriguez, who's been directing ground breaking theater in Miami for decades - about bringing their craft to both Que Pasa and the South's greatest stage. 

Martha has starred in Spanish language versions of plays like Uncle Vanya and The Women among many more and national soap operas like Mariaelena, Anita no te rajes, and plus her show a radio show on Radio Marti for over 20 years to her scores of fans in Cuba and her show on Radio Caracol cement at her reputation. She has a leading role in Tric o tri , a Spanglish film premiering this Halloween.

Vivian has also been acting on stage all her life, she was the voice of Cartman, Kyle and Chef on South Park in Spanish, starred in A Dolphin's Tale with Morgan Freeman and Pain and Gain with The Rock as well as appearing as Soladad Diaz on the Netflix series Bloodline.

Gonzalo Rodriguez has staged acclaimed Spanish language productions of works like The Diary of Anne Frank, Steel Magnolias, Agnes of God and groundbreaking productions of Man of La Mancha and Cecelia Valdes and his adaptation of the Cuban film Fresa y Chocolate was greatly lauded. With interests in the world of production, lighting and post production, in this conversation we celebrated his side as maverick and visionary theater director.

John Leland is an acclaimed writer for the New York Times who's new book, Happiness is a Choice You Make: A Year Among the Oldest Old is a New York Times Bestseller. In a series of profiles with a diverse group of older Americans Leland shares what he's learned about living from this fine group of folks. In the book, he traces the life lessons he's picked up from them – in a way that old comes with wisdom. For this former Rock writer for Spin, opening his heart this couldn't have been easy and certainly was scary. Still – Leland's fearlessness as an author and investigator of life shines through. The same guy who put Lisa Lisa and Sa-Fire on the cover of Spin mag, and co-profiled (with Veronica Chambers) Generation ñ in Newsweek – brings the critical eye he brought to books like Hip: A History and Why Kerouac Matters to this beautiful and hopeful tome. It was a blast to talk about his new book, with my old friend John, who I first met back in 1999 when he wrote that Newsweek article on gen ñ. If you're in Miami he'll be at Books & Books on Monday. He's in Broward on Tuesday – check your dates. And for quick wisdom, give this podcast a listen.

On this, (en Español!) episode Luis Bofill, one of the great talents of Cuban music today, talks to gen ñ editor Bill Teck about his great new recording, Arsenio Essential paying tribute to Arsenio Rodriguez, one of the all time giants of Cuban music.

Luis talks about interpreting the tracks , creating the record, his collaborator and producer Orlando Mosquera, the legacy of Arsenio and the success this release has enjoyed. These two old friends , who go back to the 90s - drop knowledge and catch up to celebrate Luis' recent exito! This interview is En Español but a translated transcription of it can be found on the generation ñ website at www.generation-ntv.com

Join host Bill Teck each week on the generation ñ podcast - on the people, places and happenings impacting Latino pop culture in America.