A Secret Legacy: Cuban Exiles, the CIA and the Congo Crisis (A Documentary Film in Progress)
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ANNOUNCEMENT: PHOTOGRAPHY SESSIONS ADDED TO RAFFLE

10/12/2013

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The guests at our Fundraiser on October 24 have a chance to win a Holiday Photography Session with Photos by Bello!  Check their Facebook page and please support our sponsor by 'liking" their FB page!
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ANNOUNCEMENT: 2 MORE GREAT RAFFLE PRIZES FOR FUNDRAISER

10/11/2013

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We are happy to announce another sponsor for our fundraiser on october 24: BELLEZZA DAY SPA (For more info on the party click here)
You have a chance to win a $105 GIFT CERTIFICATE at Bellezza Day Spa in South Miami for a facial, massage or anything your heart desires!  Click here for their Facebook page  or Click here for their Website


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We also had a great sports memorabilia donation for the raffle: AN ENGRAVED, GAME-USED BAT from Miami-native and New York Yankees third baseman ALEX RODRIGUEZ.  As well as signed copy of his new children's book entitled "Out of the Ballpark" (courtesy of Rick Torrente)

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ANNOUNCEMENT!: CAFE CATULA SPONSORSHIP

10/9/2013

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We are pleased to announce one of my favorite Miami restaurants, CAFE CATULA, as one of our sponsors for our October 24th Fundraiser in Miami!   
Visit their Facebook page here    
Visit their website here  

You have a chance to win ONE OF TWO $100 GIFT CERTIFICATES for Cafe Catula during our raffle on the night of the party!


About Cafe Catula: Café Catula fine restaurant and art gallery located in Miami, Florida. A collaboration between the Hernández family and artist Uldis Lopez, Café Catula offers guests a unique entertainment and dining experience combining exquisite food and beautifully sculptured custom bronze art. The limited edition series of contemporary bronze sculptures, titled Catula Collection, vary in size and are displayed throughout the restaurant.

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Prepping for the Latino Media Market this weekend!

6/6/2013

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NALIP just announced the lineup at this year's NALIP National Conference...and we are so excited to be pitching "A Secret legacy" at this influential conference!  Hopefully at the conference we will be able to connect with an organization that can help fund the rest of the production so we can finish the film...but at the very least, we will be making great contacts and creating awareness about this project!  Please re-post this to wish us luck!

Here is the latest write-up about the conference : 
http://nalip.org/announcement.php?id=589
The stars will be shining brightly this weekend at the 14th annual NALIP National Conference.
 
From actors Danny Trejo (Machete Kills), Ray Liotta (Goodfellas) andGina Rodriguez (Filly Brown) to Esai Morales (La Bamba), Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption), and Richard Montoya (Culture Clash), NALIP 2013 promises to be one of the most star-studded yet!
 
Keynote speakers Richard Peña (WNET/PBS) and Glen Llopis (Center for Hispanic Leadership) will also be contributing insightful conversations, while executives from Time Warner, HBO, YouTube, Google, Sony, ABC/Disney, NBC, CBS, PBS, DGA, CNN, HGTV, Travel Channel, NPR, Sundance Institute and many others will be on hand for professional discussion.

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ASL- Accepted into the Latino Media Market!

5/17/2013

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Great News! A Secret Legacy was just selected to participate in the Latino Media Market this June in Los Angeles! Check out the announcement:
http://nalip.org/announcement.php?id=567

Sponsored by the NEA and The California Arts Commission, the Latino Media Market™ is an executive meeting series for select projects to have scheduled pitches, presentations and meetings with industry executives, funders, distributors, commissioning editors, representatives, and potential partners. This year, LMM Fellows will have the opportunity to pitch representatives of such companies and organizations as BMP Latin, Cima Productions, Cortez Brothers, HAVEN, HBO, The Film Collaborative, Fox Television Studios, ITVS, KCET, LPB, Mandt Brothers Productions, Mun2, NuvoTV, Participant Media, Planet DMA, POV, PBS, pivot, Ostrow & Company, the Sundance Documentary Fund and Feature Film Program, This is Just a Test, Tribeca Film Institute, WME, and many more!


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Fundraiser Video Posted Online

4/25/2013

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Hello ASL Supporters!


We just cut together a little video from the fundraiser party.  Click Here to view the video and get a little sneak peek from the Havana Nights Fundraiser held in Los Angeles last month.

We are already starting to plan our next Fundraiser in Miami in September, so stay tuned for more information.

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Fundraising Party was a Success!

4/9/2013

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Thank you so much to our sponsors for helping us make the Fundraising Party on March 28th in Los Angeles a success!  We reached our goal: a 3-day shoot in Miami (we are planning for May).  We had 93 guests in attendance (the capacity of the theatre was 100!), and there was a great mix of Cubans (including several Bay of Pigs veterans) and Industry people ranging from documentarians to production designers.  
The music by Duo de Dos was fabulous, and I was especially excited when they played my favorite Cuban classic "Son de La Loma."   There were some great raffle gifts, but the most coveted prize of the night was the Wine Basket from Kiwi Distributors.  Many guests have emailed me with questions about where they can buy the wine and tequila served by Kiwi Distributors at the party (I didn't try the tequila, but I wish I had!  I heard it was "extremely smooth" and "better than Patron").   Visit their website for more information on where to buy their delicious wines and spirits!  Click Here for Kiwi's Website.  
Stay tuned for future fundraising events: Miami in the fall, plus an online crowd-funding campaign coming up in a couple months.   Check out some photos from the event below....And if you haven't already, Please "Like" us on Facebook and Follow us on Twitter.

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    Sandra Alvarez-Smith is the director and Executive Producer of the film

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