Actors Xóchitl Gómez and Xolo Maridueña will be honored on Tuesday evening in Washington, D.C. by the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts at its Noche De Gala.
The foundation also will honor novelist writer and producer George P. Pelecanos with the 2022 Raul Julia Award for Excellence.
Gomez, star of Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, and Maridueña, star of Cobra Kai, will receive the Horizon Award.
The gala raises money for the foundation’s scholarship fund for film and theater graduate students, as well as efforts to expand content and talent development opportunities for those early in their careers.
On the bill to speak at the event are Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-ca), Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-co), along with foundation co-founders, Merel Julia and Felix Sanchez. There also will be performances by the 2022 National High School Musical Theatre Awards winners, Kendall Becerra and Nicholas Barrón, and the 2022 Palm Award winners,...
The foundation also will honor novelist writer and producer George P. Pelecanos with the 2022 Raul Julia Award for Excellence.
Gomez, star of Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, and Maridueña, star of Cobra Kai, will receive the Horizon Award.
The gala raises money for the foundation’s scholarship fund for film and theater graduate students, as well as efforts to expand content and talent development opportunities for those early in their careers.
On the bill to speak at the event are Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-ca), Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-co), along with foundation co-founders, Merel Julia and Felix Sanchez. There also will be performances by the 2022 National High School Musical Theatre Awards winners, Kendall Becerra and Nicholas Barrón, and the 2022 Palm Award winners,...
- 9/20/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In the midst of Hispanic Heritage Month, The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts has teamed with the ArcFord Foundation for the inaugural Latinx Story Arc Writer’s Room Program, which will help create a strong television and film Latinx writer pipeline.
In a time when representation in front of and behind the camera has been top of mind in film and TV — and it all starts on the page. Nhfa’s Arc Writer’s Room hopes to fuel authentic representation of the Latinx community on TV and film with their new initiative. The program will take place December 1-12 and will select five writers that will have the opportunity to participate in an intensive writing program with an experienced showrunner. The end goal of program is to have the writers pen a five-episode television series that would be developed for commercial sale.
“Nhfa is uniquely equipped to bring...
In a time when representation in front of and behind the camera has been top of mind in film and TV — and it all starts on the page. Nhfa’s Arc Writer’s Room hopes to fuel authentic representation of the Latinx community on TV and film with their new initiative. The program will take place December 1-12 and will select five writers that will have the opportunity to participate in an intensive writing program with an experienced showrunner. The end goal of program is to have the writers pen a five-episode television series that would be developed for commercial sale.
“Nhfa is uniquely equipped to bring...
- 9/17/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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