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Meerkat Media Collective Wins Top Documentary Awards at the New York International Latino Film Festival
The Meerkat Media Collective’s (Every Third Bite, How Wal-Mart Came to Haslett) feature-length documentary Stages just won the 2009 Cinelatino Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary and the Best Documentary Award at the New York International Latino Film Festival! The Festival was made up of a mix of highly-anticipated Hollywood premieres to independent films from filmmakers across the globe. 28 feature films and 19 documentaries competed for the Cinelatino Audience Choice Awards.
The film takes place in New York City’s changing Lower East Side, where a group of older Puerto Rican women are brought together with a group of inner city youths to create an original play from the stories of their lives. Over a twenty-week period, the participants confront stereotypes and examine their own histories, exploring themes of immigration, relationships, coming of age and growing older.
Congratulations to the Meerkat Media Collective for this honor!
Published on August 4, 2009
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