#HighlandPark Takes Home Two Awards at film festival in New York
Our #HighlandPark digital series WON "Best Webisode" for 'Juanita & Diego' at the Official Latino Short Film Festival, and Cheryl Umana Bonilla WON "Best Actress"!!!👏👏👏 Congratulations to Jeremiah Joe Ocañas, Jesenia Chabemucho (co-writer), Teresa Zavala (Concepción costume designer), Korina Lopez (theme song), Cheryl, Raul Leal, Maricela Guardado, and everyone involved to help make this episode happen. Let's continue getting more Latinos on and behind the big screen, and thank you for leading that movement, Danny Hastings (festival creator).
Our #HighlandPark digital series WON "Best Webisode" for 'Juanita & Diego' at the Official Latino Short Film Festival, and Cheryl Umana Bonilla WON "Best Actress"!!!👏👏👏 Congratulations to Jeremiah Joe Ocañas, Jesenia Chabemucho (co-writer), Teresa Zavala (Concepción costume designer), Korina Lopez (theme song), Cheryl, Raul Leal, Maricela Guardado, and everyone involved to help make this episode happen. Let's continue getting more Latinos on and behind the big screen, and thank you for leading that movement, Danny Hastings (festival creator).
"Overcomers" (mini) Documentary premieres Monday, September 28, 2015 on PBS
September 27, 2015
Lone Stars Entertainment's mini documentary series "Overcomers" premieres on Monday, September 28, 2015. It will air at 3pm & 6pm PST. (6pm & 9pm ET). This project is made possible thanks to the executive producer NALIP, and the funder, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Part of the 2015 American Graduate week. Check your local TV & online listings for WORLD Channel's program "Local, USA - American Graduate: Stories from the Classroom" on PBS.
September 27, 2015
Lone Stars Entertainment's mini documentary series "Overcomers" premieres on Monday, September 28, 2015. It will air at 3pm & 6pm PST. (6pm & 9pm ET). This project is made possible thanks to the executive producer NALIP, and the funder, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Part of the 2015 American Graduate week. Check your local TV & online listings for WORLD Channel's program "Local, USA - American Graduate: Stories from the Classroom" on PBS.
Interview with Jeremiah Joe Ocañas, Star of "B.O.O.S.T"
September 10, 2015 • By Latino Rebels
South Texas isn’t merely desert and the Rio Grande, or the daily cat-and-mouse game between Border Patrol agents and Latin American migrants. It’s home to families and communities, many of them generations old.
The film B.O.O.S.T., by Lone Stars Entertainment, tells the story of one such family —the Rios family— who struggles to escape the life of crime they’ve come to depend on. Latino Rebels spoke with Jeremiah Joe Ocañas, the co-founder and chief operations officers of Lone Stars Entertainment who plays Bobby Rios, about the themes the movie deals with and the challenges in making it. Read the full story here.
September 10, 2015 • By Latino Rebels
South Texas isn’t merely desert and the Rio Grande, or the daily cat-and-mouse game between Border Patrol agents and Latin American migrants. It’s home to families and communities, many of them generations old.
The film B.O.O.S.T., by Lone Stars Entertainment, tells the story of one such family —the Rios family— who struggles to escape the life of crime they’ve come to depend on. Latino Rebels spoke with Jeremiah Joe Ocañas, the co-founder and chief operations officers of Lone Stars Entertainment who plays Bobby Rios, about the themes the movie deals with and the challenges in making it. Read the full story here.
Movie Review "B.O.O.S.T": Indie actor transitioning to first-time director
August 24, 2015 • By Oscar Rodriguez
GoSkye Productions
“This film is based on the amount of great people who take the risk against violence and fear which takes place now all over the world in the way we live, and make one choice… to pursue a better life for our family.”
If you want to enjoy a unique Latin American drama film based on true events, the short film “B.O.O.S.T.” is highly recommended. The film is being submitted to film festivals and will be released through their website in October 2015.
The film is about a dysfunctional working class family in the Southern part of Texas. A very heartfelt short story of what can go through one man’s life as he faces deciding whether to live with his dysfunctional and gritty family or live a life more connected with his wife and daughter. Read the full story here.
August 24, 2015 • By Oscar Rodriguez
GoSkye Productions
“This film is based on the amount of great people who take the risk against violence and fear which takes place now all over the world in the way we live, and make one choice… to pursue a better life for our family.”
If you want to enjoy a unique Latin American drama film based on true events, the short film “B.O.O.S.T.” is highly recommended. The film is being submitted to film festivals and will be released through their website in October 2015.
The film is about a dysfunctional working class family in the Southern part of Texas. A very heartfelt short story of what can go through one man’s life as he faces deciding whether to live with his dysfunctional and gritty family or live a life more connected with his wife and daughter. Read the full story here.
Lone Stars Entertainment listed in Remezcla's
"10 Latino Filmmakers You Should Know"
July 7, 2015 • By Remezcla Estaff
We spent a few days in Los Angeles at the National Association of Latino Independent Producer’s annual NALIP Media Summit. We already shared the glamorous side: the celebrities, lunches, parties and panels — like when Eugenio Derbez sent a stern warning to Donald Trump, or when Eva Longoria dropped some knowledge bombs, and even when Danny Trejo and Wilmer Valderrama spilled some behind-the-scenes secrets from the set of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series — but the real reason we were there was for the indie filmmakers. The ones making movies with small budgets and nothing more than blood, sweat, tears, and lots of dreams. Read the full story here.
"10 Latino Filmmakers You Should Know"
July 7, 2015 • By Remezcla Estaff
We spent a few days in Los Angeles at the National Association of Latino Independent Producer’s annual NALIP Media Summit. We already shared the glamorous side: the celebrities, lunches, parties and panels — like when Eugenio Derbez sent a stern warning to Donald Trump, or when Eva Longoria dropped some knowledge bombs, and even when Danny Trejo and Wilmer Valderrama spilled some behind-the-scenes secrets from the set of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series — but the real reason we were there was for the indie filmmakers. The ones making movies with small budgets and nothing more than blood, sweat, tears, and lots of dreams. Read the full story here.
"Overcomers" Documentary Trailer Premieres at the NALIP Media Summit
June 22, 2015
This coming weekend at the NALIP Media Summit, the trailer for our documentary "Overcomers" will be premiered at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. This project
was made possible by NALIP, American Graduate, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and WORLD Channel and our trailer will open the screening of Gael García Bernal's latest film "Ardor." For more information visit NALIP.org.
June 22, 2015
This coming weekend at the NALIP Media Summit, the trailer for our documentary "Overcomers" will be premiered at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. This project
was made possible by NALIP, American Graduate, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and WORLD Channel and our trailer will open the screening of Gael García Bernal's latest film "Ardor." For more information visit NALIP.org.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Awards Grants for American Graduate Digital Video Projects
October 31, 2014
NALIP Press, Washington, DC
Lone Stars Entertainment will be partnering up with NALIP, CPB, WORLD Channel and the American Graduate initiative to produce a new docu-series titled OVERCOMERS, an uplifting and positive documentary series that will focus on showing possible solutions to the dropout crisis. It will premiere in the spring of 2015. Read the full article here and "let's make it happen."
October 31, 2014
NALIP Press, Washington, DC
Lone Stars Entertainment will be partnering up with NALIP, CPB, WORLD Channel and the American Graduate initiative to produce a new docu-series titled OVERCOMERS, an uplifting and positive documentary series that will focus on showing possible solutions to the dropout crisis. It will premiere in the spring of 2015. Read the full article here and "let's make it happen."
Local actors getting "B.O.O.S.T." in El Campo
July 28, 2014 • By Mike Baird
Corpus Christi Caller Times newspaper, Corpus Christi, TX
Corpus Chrisit - Santiago "Tia" Villalobos, 39, broke down last week as he confessed to stealing construction equipment to support his vices and financial problems. He was paid for that dramatic moment, as one of several local actors in the filming of the movie “B.O.O.S.T.” in El Campo. Read the full story here.
July 28, 2014 • By Mike Baird
Corpus Christi Caller Times newspaper, Corpus Christi, TX
Corpus Chrisit - Santiago "Tia" Villalobos, 39, broke down last week as he confessed to stealing construction equipment to support his vices and financial problems. He was paid for that dramatic moment, as one of several local actors in the filming of the movie “B.O.O.S.T.” in El Campo. Read the full story here.
'B.O.O.S.T' filmmakers want to use Crossroads as movie location (Cover story)
December 25, 2013 • By Jessica Rodrigo
Victoria Advocate newspaper, Victoria, TX
A Los Angeles film company has its cameras focused on the Crossroads. Two Crossroads residents and Lone Stars Entertainment are scouting the area for locations, resources and investors to begin filming their next project. Victoria native Cosme Espinoza III and Jeremiah Ocañas, of El Campo, are in the pre-production stages of "B.O.O.S.T.," which is set to begin filming in June. The movie is based on a script written by Ocañas that has been transformed into a screenplay by Gabriela López de Dennis. Ocañas pulled from his personal experiences to tell the story of a South Texas family and its struggle to make things work. "I saw a cycle that was being passed down and was passed down to me," Ocañas, 33, said about the story. He remembers having an uncle who was arrested in Victoria for stealing construction equipment. The film will tell that story and the story of many other Hispanic families. Read the full story here.
December 25, 2013 • By Jessica Rodrigo
Victoria Advocate newspaper, Victoria, TX
A Los Angeles film company has its cameras focused on the Crossroads. Two Crossroads residents and Lone Stars Entertainment are scouting the area for locations, resources and investors to begin filming their next project. Victoria native Cosme Espinoza III and Jeremiah Ocañas, of El Campo, are in the pre-production stages of "B.O.O.S.T.," which is set to begin filming in June. The movie is based on a script written by Ocañas that has been transformed into a screenplay by Gabriela López de Dennis. Ocañas pulled from his personal experiences to tell the story of a South Texas family and its struggle to make things work. "I saw a cycle that was being passed down and was passed down to me," Ocañas, 33, said about the story. He remembers having an uncle who was arrested in Victoria for stealing construction equipment. The film will tell that story and the story of many other Hispanic families. Read the full story here.
“The Lone Stars” CD Release Party: New Hip Hop “Dirty West” Sound
August 8th, 2012 • By Eesparza
Latin Heat magazine, Los Angeles, CA
From El Paso to El Campo, The Lone Stars is the subculture hip hop music duo created by Terry Dennis (Shug) & Jeremiah Ocañas (Mr. Ocañas). Inspired by their hometown of Texas and their love of hip hop music, they are bringing you that new Los Angeles “Dirty West” sound. Read the full story here.
August 8th, 2012 • By Eesparza
Latin Heat magazine, Los Angeles, CA
From El Paso to El Campo, The Lone Stars is the subculture hip hop music duo created by Terry Dennis (Shug) & Jeremiah Ocañas (Mr. Ocañas). Inspired by their hometown of Texas and their love of hip hop music, they are bringing you that new Los Angeles “Dirty West” sound. Read the full story here.
