THE MACHETERO DIARIES

A HERO’S WELCOME FOR CARLOS

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:34:34 -0400

On July 27th Carlos Alberto Torres walked away from 30 years of incarceration a physically free man. i say physically free because Carlos has always been mentally and spiritually free otherwise he wouldn’t have taken the stand that he did and been able to survive the thirty years he spent in prison fighting for his belief that Puerto Rico should be free.

MACHETERO IMMIGRATION & REVOLUTION?

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:40:38 -0400

Last night i got a twitter message from a Darlye Lamont Jenkins a friend of mine who i met while on tour with RICANSTRUCTION. Daryle is a writer and does a lot of work around keeping neo-nazi’s, white power groups and other ultra right wing nuts in check. He keeps an eye on them and informs people of their next move. He does a lot of this work through the organization he co-founded called the One Peoples Project. Check out the website www.onepeoplesproject.com

So as Darlye was doing what he does he came across an update on this ultra right-wing racist webpage that he keeps an eye on and found a story that talked about Antonia Rivera who happens to be an illegal immigrant who is fighting for the Dream Act which would reform the process by which immigrants can gain citizenship. She is demanding these changes as an “out” illegal immigrant. In other words, she’s an illegal alien who is risking being arrested, thrown into prison while she’s processed for deportation. That’s something that takes guts. This website, Digger’s Realm is maintained by Dan Amato a man with more than a few ties to white supremacist groups.

What does this have to do with MACHETERO? Good question. On Antonia’s Facebook Page the only film listed is MACHETERO, so Dan Amato did some homework checked the MACHETERO IMDB page and made a link between the Aztlan (the southwestern part of the United States that originally was the northern part of Mexico before the Mexican- American War) as occupied territory and Puerto Rico as occupied territory. Since MACHETERO is a film about the use of violence to overthrow the occupation of Puerto Rico Dan Amato made this giant gymnastic leap in logic that Antonia must want to overthrow the US government in order to reclaim Aztlan because she “Likes” MACHETERO on her Facebook Page.

i wish that all i took was for someone to “Like” a film for a revolution to take place... It’s hilarious... i had a really good laugh with this one... Thanx Darlye, thanx Anotina and most of all thanx Dan Amato. Support Darlye’s work check out his organization One Peoples Project (www.onepeoplesproject.com) and support Antonia Rivera’s struggle to get the Dream Act passed by joining the Facebook page... (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Help-Antonia-River-reach-her-DREAM/114689655247583?ref=ts)

MACHETERO GETS ITS SIXTH AWARD

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:56:32 -0400

Last October MACHETERO screened at the New York Independent Film Festival. In December i was informed that the jury of the New York Independent Film Festival had awarded me with Best Directorial Debut for a Feature Film for MACHETERO. The awards were handed out last night and i’m happy to say that this is MACHETERO’s sixth award...

MACHETERO MERCHANDISE

Sun, 4 Jul 2010 11:49:14 -0400

Pedro’s got a pipebomb set for the 4th of July... And that pipebomb is new merchandise from the film MACHETERO in the form of a series of T-shirts. A new T-shirt company called RICANSTRUCTED that’s dedicated to designing shirts that promote Puerto Rican independence. Check out the shop and show your support for MACHETERO in the process by getting a shirt. Click on the image above to take you to the shop...

AUDIENCE REVIEWS FROM HARLEM

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:18:28 -0400

After the screening at the Maysles Cinema in Harlem for the opening of the Revolutionary Latino Film Festival a few people from the audience decided to tell us what they thought of the film.

ENTER MY REALM REVIEW

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:55:17 -0400

We got another great review from the Harlem screening at the Maysles Cinema for the Revolutionary Latino Film Festival. This time from Brian Berrios who posted his review on entermyrealm.com a space that claims to be “Breaking The Left-Right Paradigm” which is always a good thing...

In that review he makes an interesting correlation between MACHETERO and The Birth Of A Nation (1915). If you don’t know anything about The Birth Of A Nation check it out do some research on the film and you’ll see why this it makes such strange a bedfellow with MACHETERO.

CORRIENTELATINA.COM REVIEW

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:18:49 -0400

After the Maysles Cinema screening in Harlem on Monday MACHETERO got an enthusiastic glowing review from Prinz Lee who writes for CorrienteLatina.com and who i met on Facebook. Check it out... Resister my co-producer on MACHETERO really thought that this was the best review on MACHETERO that she’s ever read...

http://www.corrientelatina.com/machetero-movie-review.html

Here is the review in Spanish...

http://www.corrientelatina.com/es/machetero-revision-de-pelicula.html

REVIEWS FROM REEL RASQUACHE

Fri, 4 Jun 2010 22:53:28 -0400

Here are some post screening reviews from folks who came out to the screening at the Reel Rasquache Art & Film Festival. Check out what folks had to say about about the film...

REEL RASQUACHE ADVANCE TICKETS

Wed, 2 Jun 2010 01:02:35 -0400

Advance tickets for the Reel Rasquache Art And Film Festival are on sale now... Tickets for the screening are $10. MACHETERO is screening Saturday June 5th @ 7PM.

http://reelrasquache.org/tickets.htm

The festival screenings will all take place
Regency Academy 6 Cinemas
1003 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena CA 91106

For a schedule of other films playing at the festival...

http://reelrasquache.org/schedule.htm

OPENING REVOLUTIONARY LATINO FILM FEST

Thu, 27 May 2010 22:07:53 -0400

The organizers of the Revolutionary Latino Film Festival have asked MACHETERO to open the festival June 14th @ 6PM as part of a double feature with “El Che” a documentary about you guessed it Che Guevara. El Che will screen @ 6PM followed @ 7:30PM by MACHETERO. A post screening panel and discussion will include me the writer, producer and director of MACHETERO, former Puerto Rican political prisoner and prisoner of war Dylcia Pagan (who is featured in MACHETERO), and a special guest from the Cuban Mission. Following the panel discussion a reception for the panelists with light refreshments will take place. The film will screen at the Maysles Cinema at 343 Malcolm X Blvd. in Harlem New York (between 127th – 128th Streets).