Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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Request QuoteDirector/Producer: Esau Melendez studied film & video at Columbia College in Chicago and soon after began working with the Spanish Broadcast Network, Telemundo and WYCC, a Chicago PBS affiliate. Esaú has directed and produced various commercials and music videos with his production company, Clandestino Films. His passion has always been to tell stories regarding social issues that affect the community. The award-winning documentary Immigrant Nation!: The Battle for the Dream was featured on PBS nationwide and was funded by Latino Public Broadcasting in 2009. He was part of WGHB Producers academy in 2013, fellow of Kartemquin diver voices in 2015 and a classic member of New day films. He recently produced a series of short documentaries for WTTW’s project Pilsen: My Neighborhood which illustrates stories of people who lived in Pilsen and make a positive impact in the community. He is now working for Spirt Juice Media as an Editor/Producer making nation documentary productions about the history of Catholics in the United States.
“We didn’t have tacos. We didn’t have pan dulce,” he says. “A coffee shop was a new idea in the neighborhood. Even the idea of a cappuccino was new to the neighborhood.” Today, the neighborhood has several coffee shops, and Jumping Bean has become an anchor in the community.
The first thing Jeff and Elizabeth Maldonado did was seek refuge. They couldn’t go home to Pilsen. The emptiness of their house – filled, as it was, with their son’s clothes, his music, his smell – just the thought was unbearable.
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Miguel Perez Jr. Miguel Jr did 2 terms of duty in Afghanistan right after 9/11. At that time he decided to serve instead of applying for Citizenship. He suffered a brain injury in an explosion and came home with severe pain and PTSD. Returning he began to self-medicate and got caught in a non-violent drug conviction. After completing his sentence was placed in deportation proceedings.
I directed and produced music Video by Kinto Sol
Growing Power is a short story of Will Allen who is the founder of "Growing Power Inc.". Will Allen, our Chief Executive Officer believes, "If people can grow safe, healthy, affordable food, if they have access to land and clean water, this is transformative on every level in a community. I believe we cannot have healthy communities without a healthy food system." Grow - Projects and Growing Met
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