DA LOST ANGELS - Film fund

Dear PARTY PEOPLE,

For those of you who grew up in Southern California in the 1990s and 2000s and lived the PARTY CREW era, this film is for you!

In the 1990s and 2000s, the Party Crew scene dominated Los Angeles, the Inland Empire, Orange County, and San Diego. A wave of Mexican-American and Latino youth resembling the rebels and greasers of the 1950s exploded onto the house party scene, which lasted over a decade. Ravers, Groovers, and Party Crew Girls also dominated the scene with Deep House music and 80s flashbacks as their theme songs to this underground subculture. What started as fun and rebellious parties to break away from the pressures of joining gangs quickly evolved into a similar culture of sex, drugs, and violence.

These crews were an alternative to the traditional gangs of Southern California and gave a home to lost ones who didn't belong.

Log line:

Can three best friends survive the streets.. and each other?

This film is being made to capture and share the essence of that era and the impact it had on the youth of Southern California.

Donations:

Every dollar helps in our grass roots campaign to raise funds for the 'Da Lost Angels' movie. Your contributions will cover all production costs: Cast, crew, locations, meals, film permits, equipment rentals, post-production editing, sound, color, music, score, and entering the film festival circuit.

About the filmmakers:

Alexander G. Seyum - Writer, Producer, Director

Alexander G. Seyum is an afro-latino award winning filmmaker and photographer from Los Angeles. Born in LA and raised in the Inland Empire, the city of Rialto, his background is of mixed nationalities, El Salvadorian and Eritrean/Ethiopian. He moved back to LA in 2009 to pursue filmmaking and graduated from The Los Angeles Film School. With a passion for telling stories from underrepresented communities, Alex wrote, produced, and directed his award winning film ‘The Son Rises’, which is now streaming on Apple TV, Tubi, Amazon Prime, and Google TV.

Alex is also a published entertainment and sports photojournalist having covered such events as the Grammys, MLB, NFL, Golden Boy Boxing, NASCAR, and many Hollywood film premieres. His photos have been circulated by the Associated Press, Getty Images, Shutterstock, Smithsonian Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and many others.

Alex Alpharaoh - Writer, Producer

Alex Alpharaoh is a nationally recognized, award winning Guatemalan-American actor, writer, poet, solo performer, and teaching artist from Los Angeles, C.A.

He is a 2022 Disruptors TV Writers Fellow, a 2023-2024 Reclaiming the Border Narrative Project fellow, a 2023 NEXT Commissions fellow for Antaeus Theatre Company, and a 2023-2024 Musical Theatre Factory Writer’s fellow.

His autobiographical Solo show titled WET: A DACAmented Journey, earned him the 2018 L.A. Drama Critics Circle award for best solo performance, as well as recognition in 2023 by Los Angeles’ Stage Raw Awards. WET was published as part of the “Seeking Common Ground: Latinx and Latin American Theatre and Performance” anthology.

His latest classic adaptation, R&J: Rolling Through East L.A. was produced by Cholavision Productions as a workshop premiere for his No Fronts Actors Workshop, which he leads as founder and lead instructor.

Sandra Varona - Producer, Line Producer

Sandra E. Varona is a Mexican American producer and line producer, born in Mexico City and raised in Los Angeles. With over 15 years of experience, she founded Varona Productions in 2010, producing numerous shorts, music videos, web series, and feature films—all securing streaming distribution. She has also worked with top MCNs, including Maker Studios, POPSUGAR, and Mitú, creating branded digital content.

Her first UPM credit was on Filly Brown (Sundance 2012), and her debut feature as lead producer, Shine, won Best Picture at Urbanworld Film Festival before a theatrical release in over 600 theaters. Sandra has also worked with Revolt TV, Hartland Productions (Kevin Hart), VH1, and Disney Digital. She produced the short series Kontaxt, starring King Bach, for Facebook’s Black Creator Program.

In 2020, Sandra was agency producer for a groundbreaking OOH campaign for 19 Crimes x Snoop Dogg, one of the first productions under COVID guidelines. More recently, she produced a ten-episode short series for Easterseals, focusing on families with children on the autism spectrum—deepening her commitment to the differently-abled community. In 2022, she had five short films screened at festivals worldwide.

A member of the Producers Guild of America and an alum of Film Independent's Project Involve, Sandra is also developing her own projects. Beyond producing, she is the founder/director of Film Gals, a women-led community uplifting women cinematographers. She is dedicated to hiring BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and women in non-traditional roles, championing diversity in the industry.