Guillermo Casarin came to the United States from Mexico to pursue his dreams of becoming a film director. Now, he is about to graduate from one of the best film schools in the world, but after experiencing racism in the country and film industry, he finds himself questioning his place in Hollywood.
This documentary won the Jury Award at the DGA Student Film Awards and the Grand Prize at March on Washington Film Festival in 2022
Festival Selection:
-Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2022
-March on Washington Film Festival, 2022
-Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2022
-Cordillera International Film Festival, 2022
-Cannes American Pavilion Showcase Films & Docs, 2022
-Cleveland International Film Festival, 2023
42nd Annual College TV Awards, 2023
-AmDocs, 2023
-NFMLA (2023); KCET Fine Cut, 2023
-Downtown LA Film Festival, 2023
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Chapters
▷ 0:00:00 - Introduction
▷ 0:01:13 - Hollywood is missing out on LatinX representation
▷ 0:03:29 - A community confined to stereotyped characters
▷ 0:07:07 - Melissa Fumero shares her Hollywood experience
▷ 0:09:02 - "Coco", a turning point in the representation of Mexican culture and for the LatinX community
▷ 0:13:28 - Miles Morales, a mixed-race Spider-Man, opens a more diverse era
▷ 0:17:20 - Guillermo Del Toro on his Hollywood experience and the future of Latino cinema
▷ 0:21:08 - The community's hopes for the future, but the need for a unified front to make its voice heard
▷ 0:22:55 - Credits
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For decades, the film industry has confined minorities to stereotypical characters. Now, filmmakers fight to change the Latinx role in Hollywood. Guillermo Casarin, embarks on a quest to answer the question, "Do I have a place in Hollywood?" The film features an impressive lineup of emerging filmmakers, whose backgrounds and identities exemplify the beauty and diversity of the Latinx community, alongside world-renowned filmmakers, such as Academy Award-winning directors Guillermo Del Toro, Phil Lord, and Lee Unkrich, and Melissa Fumero from the Golden Globe-winning show Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Bad Hombrewood reveals the dark side of Hollywood's history, the war stories of casting, and the challenges each filmmaker encounters trying to succeed in the entertainment industry. Latinx filmmakers and allies coming together and answering the question, "How can we create a place for us in Hollywood?"
Original title: Bad Hombrewood
Directed by Guillermo Casarín
2022, © Licensed by University Southern California
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