Nalip New York

02/06/2024

As Executive Producer on this project for the past four years, I am proud to be aligned with this DREAM TEAM comprised of Belén Orsini as Producer, José Hiram Roldan Rivera as Associate Producer and Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez as Editor, to name a few of the mavericks behind-the-scenes pouring their heart, blood, sweat and tears into this project with no financial compensation -- but committed to an authentic project in a political and social climate trying to roll back protections gained over the course of the last 60 years for our LGBT brothers and sisters. Thank you for those that have contributed from Liza Colón-Zayas to every good soul who sees merit in the project and community, who sees the well-worth investment, supporting and vetting a film that I believe in concerning the LGBT Black and Latino Ballroom scene. This rare footage has been culled from the largest archival collection compiled over the course of the past 30 years by the documentary's director, Felix Rodriguez who as an Afro-Puerto Rican shares his lifelong journey wrestling with self-acceptance as a gay man stymied due to cultural and social conditioning exacerbated by an Evangelical Christian mother, as he ventures behind the lens capturing exclusive footage in "MY BALLROOM STORY." If not on board financially already, make a statement with your pocket for comradery of a slice of the pie encompassing the LGBT community and support with a donation. Become a patron. No contribution is too small or large to reach the $100K goal in order to realize this project providing hope that will resonate throughout diverse communities, lives and the legacy that it embodies ~ all through the universal battle for self-acceptance. Ballroom has taken over by storm as a worldwide revolution and this film is destined for greater impact to young, LGBT and those seeking alternative paths while showing that social acceptance is within reach and attainable. Follow the link above.

“My Ballroom Story” is a documentary from the first-hand perspective of a New York, gay Afro-Latinx filmmaker. His mission is to create a broader understanding of why LGBTQ+ groups of an underground society called “houses”' were formed and how they cre...

01/28/2020

We officially launch our 1st PRIME LATINO MEDIA Salón for 2020 this Wed, 01/29 featuring four interviews with “Amazing & Generous” theme:
• Waldo Cabrera, a Dominican multimedia-maker vested in shining the spotlight on Puerto Ricans after Hurricane María and now off to the island to cover the earthquake and tremors
• Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte and Tico Torres, a photographer & stylist team who have covered from Celia Cruz to a Oscar de la Renta. Alexis Tico
• Raquel Almazan, a maverick playwright and actor about her fundraising project for a theatrical work on incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women
• and a Colombian singer from Guajira, alea she uniquely fuses cumbia, vallenato, rancheras, jazz and pop.
It’s 7-10:30PM with interviews starting at 8 and concludes with live acoustic performance, all at New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St, bet. 8th & 9th Aves. Free admission💝, just RSVP to join us at: https://generous.eventbrite.com Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors - HOLA

12/04/2017

There’s no man on this planet worth their salt without women. Meet the 2017 Madrinas. via ripl.com

11/29/2017

11/29, Wed, PRIME LATINO MEDIA Salon Padrino Awards, Holiday Fiesta

10/16/2017

Lina Sarrello (red) & Claudia Acosta (Green) shining in reading of NERO in New Ohio Thea via ripl.com

07/26/2017

PRIME LATINO MEDIA Salon, Wed, 7/26, Passion Project: Getting it Done!

PRIME LATINO MEDIA Salón is a NYC monthly series for independent Latino multimedia-makers, actors & musicians serving as a support network that advocates, promotes & advances mainstream & bilingual Latino projects in English & Spanish.

06/06/2017

Wed, 6/14 PRIME LATINO MEDIA Salon: Celebrating Latino Brilliance

05/10/2017

Tonite 5/10 PRIME LATINO MEDIA Salon: Estela Institute Launch

01/17/2017

Inauguration Eve at PRIME LATINO MEDIA Salon 01/19

11/28/2016

Wed, 11/30 Holiday Fiesta: PRIME LATINO MEDIA/2016 Los PADRINOS Awards

05/13/2015

TIO LOUIE REPORTA: Day 6 of 7 NY Latinos in Cannes Film Festival 2015, each with a separate short film. An interview with Adel L. Morales who started off as an actor and after producing a number of stellar short films went back for a 2nd Masters and this time in Film & TV in order to sharpen his game. But more than a proven eye in storytelling and its ex*****on, he is most renowned for redefining community and the importance of sticking together to make an impact in media and entertainment.

This is the official blog of the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA). www.hellohola.org HOLA has been funded, in part, through the New York State Council on the Arts, The City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Friends of HOLA and the dues-paying members of HOLA.

05/13/2015

CRISTOBAL COLON ("Christopher Columbus, what did you discover?”): To women in media and entertainment as Directors, the glass ceiling has seemed for many to be concrete-shut and for those who have taken it into their hands and made independent projects to chip away at that seemingly impenetrable roof ~ KUDOS. But it's nice to know that Hollywood's MAFIA – “old-boy's-club” – is finally being challenged from a legal stance. You can't legislate love, however, you can turn up the heat and pressure makes a huge difference towards initiating deep-seeded change. Bring out the Latinas!

The organization will ask state and federal agencies to look into what it calls rampant and intentional gender discrimination in recruiting and hiring of female directors.