Miriam Colon, an icon in U.S. Latino theater who starred in films alongside Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, has died. She was 80.
Her husband, Fred Valle, told the Associated Press that Colon died early Friday due to complications from a pulmonary infection.
Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Colon came to Los Angeles in the 1950s to study at the Actors Studio before earning roles in various films. She eventually founded the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in New York, where she helped cultivate young Latino actors and writers.
Colon is widely known as the mother of Tony Montana, played by...
Her husband, Fred Valle, told the Associated Press that Colon died early Friday due to complications from a pulmonary infection.
Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Colon came to Los Angeles in the 1950s to study at the Actors Studio before earning roles in various films. She eventually founded the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in New York, where she helped cultivate young Latino actors and writers.
Colon is widely known as the mother of Tony Montana, played by...
- 3/3/2017
- by the Associated Press
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I initially intended to attend last night’s screening of Spare Change, at the ongoing New York International Latino Film Festival – a film I alerted you all to on this blog. Alas, last minute scheduling changes altered my plans.
Luckily, a few of you informed me that you would be attending the screening, which was preceded by 2 short films (Smell The Coffee & When It Rains); naturally, I had to inquire about the possibility of a review from each attendee, to post on this blog (something I was planning to do myself), and I received one response, from Alece Oxendine, a Film Studies Masters Candidate at Columbia University’s School of the Arts.
Alece wasn’t much impressed with everything she saw, as you will read below (and if anyone else who was present for the event would like to share their thoughts as well – whether challenging Alece’s review, or...
Luckily, a few of you informed me that you would be attending the screening, which was preceded by 2 short films (Smell The Coffee & When It Rains); naturally, I had to inquire about the possibility of a review from each attendee, to post on this blog (something I was planning to do myself), and I received one response, from Alece Oxendine, a Film Studies Masters Candidate at Columbia University’s School of the Arts.
Alece wasn’t much impressed with everything she saw, as you will read below (and if anyone else who was present for the event would like to share their thoughts as well – whether challenging Alece’s review, or...
- 7/29/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Screening tonight, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at the 11th Annual New York International Latino Film Festival (Nyilff), the Cinedulce red carpet world premiere of a film called Spare Change, the feature film directorial debut of producer/director/actress Suzette Azariah Gunn.
Spare Change centers on Trey (Nicoye Banks), a successful musician living the lavish lifestyle he always dreamed of, while his former love (played by Gunn), struggles to overcome their failed relationship in the wake of Trey’s newfound notoriety and success. Further… “One quiet night in The City, Trey has a chance encounter with Luiz Crawls (Fred Valle), a guilt-ridden jazz legend whose career has long since plummeted after the loss of his wife. Tormented by self-blame and desperate to free himself from emotional captivity, Luiz seizes his opportunity for redemption; forcing Trey to face hidden truths that will alter the course of his life’s journey forever.”
The film, which...
Spare Change centers on Trey (Nicoye Banks), a successful musician living the lavish lifestyle he always dreamed of, while his former love (played by Gunn), struggles to overcome their failed relationship in the wake of Trey’s newfound notoriety and success. Further… “One quiet night in The City, Trey has a chance encounter with Luiz Crawls (Fred Valle), a guilt-ridden jazz legend whose career has long since plummeted after the loss of his wife. Tormented by self-blame and desperate to free himself from emotional captivity, Luiz seizes his opportunity for redemption; forcing Trey to face hidden truths that will alter the course of his life’s journey forever.”
The film, which...
- 7/28/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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