Making Cross-Cultural Documentaries with Isaac Artenstein

Filmmakers, Students and the Community in general are invited to attend and participate in this unique event at A Reason To Survive (ARTS) sponsored by Far South Border North's Artists & Cultural Practitioners in the Community. Admission is Free. To Learn More: FARSOUTHBORDERNORTH. COM / CINEWEST.NET

Screening and Discussing of Selections from:

• Border Noir
• De la Torre Brothers: Artists on the Line
• The Journeys of Harry Crosby
• Tijuana Jews

Isaac Artenstein is a filmmaker and educator who grew up in Tijuana and Chula Vista; studied at UCLA and received his BFA from Cal Arts. He founded Cinewest to create documentaries and indie features focusing on the border and Latin America, such as "Break of Dawn" which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Artenstein also produced the comedy "A Day Without a Mexican" and created internationally aired documentaries such "Ballad of an Unsung Hero" and "The Hidden Jews of the Southwest." A founding member of the Border Arts Workshop, he produced and directed "Border Brujo" and "Christmas at the Reservation," with performance artists Guillermo Gómez Peña and James Luna. His recent, "The Journeys of Harry Crosby" premiered on PBS and Canal 22 (Mexico's Cultural TV). He's currently producing "Border Noir" about crime fiction writers in the region; directing "De La Torre Brothers: Artists On the Line" He's taught production and production at UCSD and USC.

Host or Publisher Isaac Artenstein