“a good showcase of talent…a lot of heart…it’s fun to watch with a story that will be familiar to anyone thinking of hopping on that bus to LA.”
-Alan Ng, Film Threat
PRESS
USC’s Daily Trojan: “USC Alum Edwin Porres battles Latino stereotypes in the film industry through new film ‘Hóllyweird’ “. Discover more about the making of Hóllyweird as a micro-budget film, and how Edwin Porres Jr. and his writing partner Jaime Porres hope to combat the lack of diversity in Hollywood.
Guatelmala.com: “El cineasta guatemalteco Edwin Porres Jr. estrenó su película Hóllyweird”: from Guatemala, find out about our Latin American premiere, what it takes to make an independent movie, and how you can see Hóllyweird in writer/director Edwin Porres Jr.’s birth place.
UCLA’s Daily Bruin: “Hóllyweird challenges stereotypes, lack of diversity in entertainment industry”. Read about the creation of Hóllyweird and what motivated our writer/director Edwin Porres Jr. to make a movie about Hollywood’s lack of diversity. This article truly captures our story.
El Periódico: “Edwin Porres: el humor como denuncia”. Press from Guatemala! An article about the path Edwin Porres Jr. took to create Hóllyweird and its message regarding the issues Latino Americans face in Hollywood.
Latin Heat Entertainment: “Hóllyweird Skewers Hollywood’s Inclusiveness”. In this article read about our filmmaker, Edwin Porres, Jr.: his story, why he wanted to write a movie about being Latino in Hollywood, and what it took to make Hóllyweird.
ShockYa! Entertainment News covers Hóllyweird. Exclusive clip from the movie of Douglas Spain winning an Academy Award!
Xavier University’s Newswire: “XU alumn illustrates racial injustice in film”. Find out more about Edwin’s road to making Hóllyweird and his experiences as an undergraduate student at Xavier University.
Hella Latin@ Podcast
Listen as Edwin Porres Jr. is interviewed by Odalys Jasmine about his identity as a first-gen Latino growing up in West Virginia. Hear a bit about the challenges of making an ultra-low budget movie as Jaime Porres joins the conversation.
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