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How the film, “Mamacita,” became a lesson on the power of forgiveness
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It was a chilly October night when “Mamacita” had its New York premiere at the Margaret Mead Film Festival at the American Museum of Natural History. However, Mexico-born and raised filmmaker/director José Pablo Estrada Torrescano warmed the auditorium as he announced his first feature-length film – a documentary about his grandmother, a self-made entrepreneur who… Read more
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Filmmaker reflects on grandmother in film, “306 Hollywood”
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Jonathan BogarÃn, 40, and his sister Elan BogarÃn, 36, loved their grandmother so much, they immortalized her on film. The Jewish-American matriarch, Annette Ontell, passed away on April 4, 2011 at age 93 – leaving behind only memories, and artifacts, in her house at 306 Hollywood Ave. in Hillside, NJ, which she lived in for… Read more
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Author Bob Brody: A note of thanks, on my dad’s behalf
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Ask me for my favorite Thanksgiving story and here’s what I’ll now have to tell you. In 1930, a certain 4-year-old in Newark had yet to speak a single word. So his mother took her first-born son to see a series of physicians for a diagnosis. It turned out that my future father had… Read more
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Random moments remind me of lessons my father taught me
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I often think about my father. I find myself engaged in the most mundane of my daily activities, and I randomly remember some of our conversations. I treasure them like old video cassettes – worried at times that they will fade off if I think about them too much. My parents got divorced when I… Read more
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Ponca tribe councilwoman explains activism at Standing Rock and why it’s not over
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Casey Camp-Horinek has a gentle demeanor, with her long, salt and pepper-colored hair and lyrical voice. However, there is searing fire behind her caring, dark eyes. She was born into the Ponca Nation, a Native American tribe originally from the Nebraska/South Dakota area, and which is now scattered throughout the U.S. Camp-Horinek lives in north… Read more