PLAFF and Ronald Kevin Lewis on Sonic Watermelons

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Film from the Latino Diaspora And Ronald Kevin Lewis Visits Sonic Watermelons *** Original Episode Title: From Consumer to Producer: The Providence Latin American Film Festival Visits Sonic Watermelons* *** Original Episode Date: August 23, 2016 *** Name of Guest: Jose Ramirez and Ron Crosson Providence Latin American Film Festival *** Original Episode Summary: The world is a big place with big ideas and lots and lots of music. That is the tagline of Sonic Watermelons, but remove the word music and replace it with movies, and we might be talking about the Providence Latin American Film Festival (PLAFF), coming up in September. Today on Sonic Watermelons, we talk more about PLAFF with Programming Coordinator and Treasurer Ron Crosson and Sonic Watermelons' own Jose Ramirez, who is serving in his first year as Co-Director of the festival. What does the process look like to move from attending and consuming the culture and media at a film festival to curating, selecting and arranging the pieces of a festival? What is the process used to select a film and how do you get a team onto the same page? And what is the purpose of PLAFF and future direction of the organization and event? We'll talk about this and more TODAY on Sonic Watermelons, Tuesday, August 23, 2016. *** Contact Info for Guest(s): www.plaff.org www.facebook.com/Latin.American.Film.Festival www.facebook.com/events/211904795893636/ *** More Info About the Guest, Topics and/or Podcast: Micro-filmmaking and discussions about Latinos in Hollywood: it’s that time of year again, friends - Providence Latin American Film Festival time. This year’s events run September 28 thru October 2nd, and in addition to the capital city, screenings are also happening at Bryant University in Smithfield and the Warwick Public Library (in city of said name). PLAFF is in its 24th year and #sonicwatermelons team member, Jose Ramirez, has evolved from a guy who used to watch the films to being a co-director (alongside Saul Ramos). Ron Crosson, on the other hand, has been involved since 2000 and during times in which attendees and participants included. Danny Glover, Anthony Quinn, and Antonio Banderas. Learn about how film festival producers, like those part of PLAFF, and Latino filmmakers worldwide have interacted with Cuba and have dealt with questions of geography, identity and location, and hear about what’s coming up at this year’s festival in “Film from the Latino Diaspora and Ronald Kevin Lewis Visits Sonic Watermelons” the podcast. *** Audio from the podcast also comes from the Sonic Watermelons archives: The Tuesday September 20, 2016 live episode of Sonic Watermelons: “Breathe and Climb to the Top: Ronald Kevin Lewis Visits Sonic Watermelons.” #terencecrutcher #keithlamont **** Sonic Watermelons Contact Info: www.bsrlive.com www.venussings.com Facebook: @sonicwatermelons Twitter: @WatermelonRadio Soundcloud: @sonicwatermelons iTunes: “sonic watermelons” *** Sonic Staff & Volunteers Reza Clifton Deejay Kellan Jessica LaBrie