Round I Projects

PROJECT

De la Torre Brothers - Artists on the Line

Social justice

PROJECT FOCUS AREA:

Social justice and community engagement

ZIP CODE(S):

91950, 92113

CONTRIBUTOR(S):

Isaac Artenstein

De la Torre Brothers - Artists on the Line campaign aims to promote dialogue and action in immigrant rights, environmental justice, cross-cultural dialogue, and freedom of expression in the lowest quartile of California Healthy Places Index communities in National City and Barrio Logan, San Diego. The campaign consists of two live screenings of the work-in-progress documentary about the de la Torre brothers and a discussion with Director Isaac Artenstein, Einar and Jamex de la Torre, and the audiences. The context will be enhanced by the cinematic presentation of the studios of the brothers as they create their artistic work and in the drone shots of the exteriors depicting geographic areas where their studios are located and, coincidentally, where the campaign presentations take place. The resulting presentations promote engagement, inspiring people to act on social justice issues. In turn, the resulting dialogue and feedback from the audience will inspire the filmmaker and artists to optimize the film’s content before presenting to public television audiences in Spanish and English versions.

LEARN ABOUT THE ARTIST + CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS

Isaac Artenstein

Isaac Artenstein is a filmmaker and educator who grew up in Tijuana and Chula Vista, studied at the University of California Los Angeles, and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from CalArts. He founded Cinewest to create documentaries and indie features focusing on the border and Latin America, such as "Break of Dawn," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Artenstein produced the comedy "A Day Without a Mexican" and created internationally distributed documentaries such as "Ballad of an Unsung Hero" and "The Hidden Jews of the Southwest." A founding member of the Border Arts Workshop, he produced and directed "Border Brujo" and "Christmas at the Reservation" with performance artists Guillermo Gómez Peña and James Luna. His recent "The Journeys of Harry Crosby" premiered on PBS and Canal 22 (Mexico's Cultural TV). He's currently producing "Border Noir" about crime fiction writers in the region and teaching film at the University of California San Diego.

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