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"Becoming Eduardo" Screening
Indie filmmaker Rod McCall (Cheatin' Hearts, Lewis & Clark & George) will present his latest feature film shot entirely in Southern New Mexico. Becoming Eduardo, shot last summer in Hillsboro and Truth or Consequences, will have a benefit screening Friday, June 26th at 7:00 PM at The Rio Grande Theatre on the downtown mall in Las Cruces.
The film is based on Alternative Ed, a novella by LouAnne Johnson (the author of the book the film Dangerous Minds was based on). Becoming Eduardo stars young newcomers, Julian Alcaraz, Elizabeth Blanco and Mike Dunay, with support from film and TV veterans--A Martinez, Holly Riddle, Josh Cruze, Gary Perez and Elizabeth Pea.
Becoming Eduardo was produced in association with The Creative Media Institute at New Mexico State University, where McCall is an instructor. Numbers of McCalls film students were production assistants on the film.
Becoming Eduardo also includes rookie actors, Mariah Talent and Adrien Gloria from Alma dArte, the Las Cruces High School for the Arts. The director of Alma dArte, Irene Oliver-Lewis, is also in the film.
Eddie Corazn (Julian Alcaraz), a 16-year-old juvenile delinquent and secret reader, who attends an alternative high school in rural New Mexico, now walks the thin line between tragedy and glory as he searches for his place in the world. A long-time gangster buddy, T.J. Ritchie (Mike Dunay), pushes Eddie to deal drugs. Encouraging Eddie to develop his intellect, an unorthodox teacher inadvertently gets him to enroll in a ballroom dance class, where he meets college-bound beauty, Lupe Garcia (Elizabeth Blanco), and is struck down by love. Desperate to impress Lupe, Eddie tries his hand at poetry. Pulled in opposite directions by T.J. and Lupe, Eddie realizes that his life is, indeed, up to him.
A Q&A with the filmmaker will follow the screening. It is recommended that those planning to attend the screening come early. First come, first serve.
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LocationRio Grande Theatre
211 N. Downtown Mall
Las Cruces, NM 88004
United States
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