Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/love-cecy/ Our Thing Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:58:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/love-cecy/ 144 144 CineFestival Celebrates 40th Anniversary by Bringing ‘Coco’ in Spanish to the Big Screen https://remezcla.com/film/cinefestival-lineup-2018/ Mon, 04 Jun 2018 19:54:42 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=242031 The longest running Latino film festival in the country is celebrating its 40th edition this summer. Befitting such a milestone, CineFestival’s four-day programming is bigger than ever. More importantly, the San Antonio-based fest is honoring its own with its “Hecho en Tejas” theme. Of the movies featured in this year’s lineup, for example, 41 were shot

The post CineFestival Celebrates 40th Anniversary by Bringing ‘Coco’ in Spanish to the Big Screen appeared first on Remezcla.

]]> COCO Screen Shot 2017-11-14 at 1.45.08 PM 'Coco' still courtesy of Disney-Pixar Jay Francisco López on Keeping Slain Teen’s Memory Alive with Bay Area-Set Film ‘Love, Cecy’ https://remezcla.com/features/culture/jay-francisco-lopez-interview-love-cecy-new-york-latino-film-festival/ Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:43:25 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=228762 Although he was only in elementary school at the time, filmmaker Jay Francisco López remembers the first time he heard about the brutal murder of Cecilia “Cecy” Rios, a 15-year-old girl from in his neighborhood in Richmond, California, who was raped and killed in March 1994. Although the heinous crime was not something he necessarily

The post Jay Francisco López on Keeping Slain Teen’s Memory Alive with Bay Area-Set Film ‘Love, Cecy’ appeared first on Remezcla.

]]> Jay Lopez 3 'Love, Cecy' still courtesy of Jay Francisco López From Soccer in Sunset Park to Chicanos in the Bay: 10 Must-See Movies at the New York Latino Film Festival https://remezcla.com/lists/film/new-york-latino-film-festival-2017/ Mon, 09 Oct 2017 20:55:40 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=228252 After a four-year hiatus, the New York Latino Film Festival, presented by HBO, is back for its 14th edition this week. NYLFF is taking over the Big Apple with a wide variety of films from Colombia, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and plenty of US Latino features. “Our event is about galvanizing and empowering community. We

The post From Soccer in Sunset Park to Chicanos in the Bay: 10 Must-See Movies at the New York Latino Film Festival appeared first on Remezcla.

]]> TFF17_Saturday_Church_1 'Saturday Church'. Courtesy of Spring Pictures. S.F. Filmmaker Makes Ode to Slain Bay Area Teen ‘Love, Cecy’ https://remezcla.com/film/s-f-film-maker-makes-ode-to-slain-bay-area-teen-love-cecy/ Wed, 27 Aug 2014 22:08:03 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=63161 Jay Francisco Lopez is raising money for his film 'Love, Cecy' based on the true story of Cecilia Ríos, a 15 year-old Richmond High School student who was murdered twenty years ago.

The post S.F. Filmmaker Makes Ode to Slain Bay Area Teen ‘Love, Cecy’ appeared first on Remezcla.

]]>