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<div><strong>I have grown tired of walking out of movie theaters asking, ‘where are the earnest portrayals of people that look like me?’</strong>
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<div>My name is <strong>Ramon Pesante,</strong> and I lead a close-knit team of Black and Latinx creatives working on completing our first feature film, <strong>'Playing Sam', starring Jenni Ruiza and Marc Reign. </strong>The film explores the authentic experience of Latinx actors in New York City.
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<div>I was inspired to make this film through my mother's experience as an Afro-Latina actor in the 80s, where she was judged for her ethnicity and not her acting abilities.
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<div><strong>I feel it’s my responsibility</strong> as a storyteller to cover this topic because I was once a child actor who auditioned for roles that poorly portrayed my ethnicity.
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<div>Today, many of my colleagues still endure the humiliation of portraying the go-to Latinx stereotypes, like <em>the housekeeper</em> or <em>the criminal.</em> So I decided to invest in my fellow artist and present them as who they are. I hope to show <strong>Hollywood</strong> and <strong>mainstream media </strong>that they deserve a fair chance as authentic performers.
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<div><strong>I am raising funds to complete the film in post-production. That includes color correction, sound design, sound mixing, and music.</strong>
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<div><strong>Join us by contributing to help complete the movie. We are excited for you to see such an ambitious film.</strong>
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