So what is Estebandido Productions, ya ask?

Well...

Estebandido Productions focuses on creating and developing film, video, and other media projects in collaboration with musicians, writers and other artists.

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December 6, 2005 Thanks Jeunot. A couple of years ago, while getting drunk on two bottles of Jeunot, Brian Ramos and I conceived a short vignette for the infamous De Dos Tierras show about a boy whose taught how to kill a goat for the first time by his father and uncle. Not a narrative, but an experiential piece, if you will. We were concerned more about the cultural significance of an animal killing in a traditional Latino family gathering rather than any definitions of masculinity associated with rites of passage. But the idea stuck in the back of my head - How exactly does a boy become a man in traditional Latino culture? And what exactly does that mean anyway? To be a man. That's the underlying question in my next film, Father's Day (click here for more info). So I'm less than seven weeks from shooting, and I've rounded up the ususal cast of characters. Brian on drums. Julie D. on bass. My girl Naiti, playing lead. And somehow I've got the mic. - mig

December 5, 2005 It's not a hippie thang. The mighty fine Kim Jackson set up a screening of Tadpoles at this year's Global Peace Film Festival in Orlando. So if ya happen to be hanging out with Mickey and the gang, swing through.
Thursday, December 8th, 4:30pm Cineplex
Friday, December 9th, 4:30pm Cineplex
Saturday, December 10th, 1:30pm DMAC
Check out their site for more info (ya can click on the name above). - mig

November 6, 2005 Go see my film. I won't be there, but that shouldn't stop ya.
9th International Latino Film Festival ­ San Francisco
Saturday, November 12th, 6pm
MACLA Castellano Playhouse (in San Jose, CA)

CineFestival ­ San Antonio
Monday, November 14th, 11am
Northwest Vista College
- mig

October 28, 2005 Rain Dogs. A Waitsian blend of Chaplain and Gene Kelly (or is it a Chaplainesque version of Waits and Kelly?) whose freneticism is as infectious as it is mesmerizing. Go see it now as part of the Tom Waits Peep Show. - mig

September 28, 2005 Put me down for another. Just found out Tadpoles will screen as part of the Ninth International Latino Film Fest - San Francisco Bay Area November 4-20. More info on actual screening times and venues for this and the other festivals as soon as they're available. - mig

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