Turner Basic Films has acquired unique rights to “Past The Border: Latino Illustration in Hollywood,” a feature-length documentary directed, written and produced by sister filmmaking duo Clara and Julia Kuperberg. The movie will probably be launched in September on TCM throughout Hispanic Heritage Month.
The documentary will hint “a century-long battle for Latin American illustration, displaying how artists reclaimed their picture and reshaped cinema, in addition to the way in which we think about the world,” in accordance with the movie’s logline, and can function archival materials and movie clips. Voices featured within the movie embrace John Leguizamo, casting director Carla Hool, Esai Morales, Jimmy Smits, Edward James Olmos, director Gregory Nava, director Patricia Riggen, José Zúñiga and extra.
“As French filmmakers, we have now spent over 20 years exploring American cinema and tradition, so in a manner this movie is a component of a bigger journey,” the Kuperbergs mentioned. “What has all the time fascinated us is how Hollywood not solely displays society, but in addition shapes world perceptions of id, energy and belonging. On the subject of Latino illustration, we have been struck by a paradox. Latinos are a basic a part of American historical past and tradition and one of many largest communities in the USA, however their presence in Hollywood has lengthy been restricted, stereotyped or ignored. This hole between actuality and illustration was on the each placing and pressing.”
The Kuperbergs have been making movies collectively for greater than 20 years, writing, directing, producing and enhancing greater than 60 documentaries by their firm Wichita Movies. Their work has been screened in Cannes by AMPAS and distributed worldwide on platforms together with HBO Max, Amazon, Hulu and TCM.
Martine Melloul is co-producer of the movie and Daniel Talbott is government producer. The movie was produced by TCM Cinema and Wichita Movies, in affiliation with Kali Footage.