THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: PEPE SERNA ON AUDITIONS AND HIS ROLE OF “ANGEL” IN THE MOVIE SCARFACE, THELMA REYNA INTERVIEWS AUTHOR YOLANDA NAVA, RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT ON RAUL GONZALEZ AND LITTLE JOE ON THE INFLUENCE OF BETO VILLA.
On March 10th and 11th, The San Diego Film Festival will be honoring acclaimed character actor Pepe Serna with a special screening of a major new documentary about Pepe’s life titled, Pepe Serna-Life is Art. The festival will feature screening of the documentary, directed by Luis Reyes, as well as screenings of two films in which Pepe Serna stars, Raices de Sangre (Roots of Blood) and Man from Reno. This week Latinopia posts two interviews with Pepe Serna. In one of the interviews he speaks about his memorable role in the movie Scarface and in the other interview he talks about the process of auditioning. You can find out more about the screening of Pepe’s documentary by visiting: https://sdlatinofilm.com/
This week Dr. Thelma Reyna brings us an interview with author Yolanda Nava who has not let her loss of sight impede her from writing. Thelma interviews Yolanda about her book Through the Dark, in which she reflects on her loss of sight and how it has liberated her to “see” in other ways.
Also this week, we post another interview with acclaimed musician and singer Little Joe Hernandez of Little Joe Y La Familia. In this interview Little Joe talks about the influence of the Orchestra Tejana of Beto Villa on Little Joe’s own unique big band sound.
And last but not least, Dr. Ricardo Romo returns with his Tejano Report. This week he looks at the art of San Antonio artist Raul Gonzalez.
Enjoy your week on Latinopia!
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