“Detained in the Desert” and “Sacred Journey,” two very different inspirational films by Northeast L.A. filmmakers, both dramatically depicting passages through adversity, will be presented at this year’s Lummis Day Film Night beginning 7pm on Saturday, February 22 at the Church on York performance space, 4904 York Boulevard in Highland Park. Tickets for the event are $15 with all proceeds supporting this year's annual Lummis Day Festival.Filmmakers of both movies will present their films and will answer questions from the audience.
"Detained in The Desert," Iliana Sosa's debut feature as a director, was co-written and executive produced by Josefina Lopez, creator of the critically acclaimed hit, "Real Women Have Curves." "Detained in the Desert" draws parallels between two diametrically opposed people. Sandi, a second-generation dark-skinned Latina and Lou Becker, an inflammatory talk show radio host, unexpectedly find their lives converging in the desert of Arizona. As the film's story unfolds, these two people-- on opposite sides of the immigration debate-- discover their humanity and the true plight of migrants making the dangerous crossing across the Arizona desert.
“Detained in The Desert” had its world premiere to widespread acclaim in October at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. The film was produced by Real Women Have Curves Studio, an independent production company founded by Josefina Lopez whose mission is to make films that celebrate women of all shapes and sizes and reveal the authentic stories of Latinos in the U.S. “Detained in the Desert” is the new studio’s debut film.
Preceding "Detained in the Desert," the Lummis Day Foundation is proud to present "Sacred Journey," a film by another Northeast L.A. filmmaker, Ernesto Quintero. “A Sacred Journey” is the story of a man struggling with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who shocks his family when he expresses his desire to give a mural to his community. With six months left to live, he embarks on a journey that allows his vision to be painted on the wall so that he may be forever remembered. As the mural slowly comes alive, the disease attacks his body with increasing ferocity and he faces the specter of a bedridden life, dependent on an artificial ventilator and a feeding tube without the ability to eat, speak or move. The completion of the mural becomes a race between the ravages of the disease and the energies of all who are involved in its creation.Tickets for the event may be purchased via Paypal at www.LummisDay.org, at the door or at local businesses Antigua Coffee House, 3400 North Figueroa Street and Galco's Old World Grocery, 5702 York Boulevard. All proceeds will help support the 9th annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles
The Lummis Day Film Night is presented by the Lummis Day Community Foundation, Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3) California Corporation. Donations are tax deductible to the extent of the law.
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Lummis Day takes its name from Charles Fletcher Lummis, who joined the L.A. Times as the newspaper's first city editor in 1876. A prolific writer and photographer, Lummis was also one of the city's first librarians, founded the Southwest Museum and helped introduce the concept of multi-culturalism to Southern California. The 9th Annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles will be presented on Sunday, June 1 by the Lummis Day Community Foundation and sponsors including the neighborhood councils of Northeast Los Angeles, City Councilmembers Gil Cedillo and Jose Huizar, Fresco Markets and other community businesses and institutions. For more information and updates, visit www.LummisDay.org####
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