Wrapped 🎬: The Dead Boy You Didn’t Know
There’s a responsibility when making a film about a place, especially if that place is not home to you. That was the task with this project…
Inspired by Antonio López’s (@barrioscribe ) Stanford dissertation, we set out to tell a story about the ghosts that haunt a place that is constantly burying its past.
To do so, I decided to take a pedestrian approach to storytelling, not just in the narrative form, but in the process itself — our crew hit the streets, creeks, alleys, vacant lots, and old decrepit homes of the neighborhood — soaking in the memories, grief, and spirit of the place to nurture a film that speaks a truth worthy of our sweat.
This is not a story about moving forward. It’s a story about looking back. About turning to face what yearns to be remembered.
Produced by: AS, @barrioscribe , @st.wauli
🚨 PSA CASTING CALL: To All My Loved Ones 🚨
We’re casting a short film about chiquillos (kids), recurdos (memory), and the ghosts that hang around even after a neighborhood changes.
This story comes from my doctoral work on East Palo Alto — from growing up here, listening, remembering, and asking what stays when so much gets taken away. We’re looking for Black and Afro-Latino kids, parents, elders: folks who feel at home in these streets, or who know what it means to walk them at dusk.
No acting experience needed. If you’ve never been on camera before, that’s more than okay. Curiosity counts. Presence counts. Heart definitely counts.
🎬 Filming mid-February 2026
📩 Interested? Email us at [email protected]
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Wassup guys! Did I tell you we had a baby?🐣
Yuuup, we’re super happy!❤️ Diana and I have been blessed with a little baby girl, Penny James Solorzano. Born in March, she’s 6 weeks old today. Bet you guys didn’t see that coming, huh?😆
Hashtag blessed 🙏🏽
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📸 by @lauren.solorzano
Thank you for capturing these precious images, Lauren!
🚨The Meet of Champions has a new home! The premier distance invitational in the country is moving a few minutes away to a faster and newer track! ⚡️
Formerly at APU, the event will now take place at Arroyo High School, the founding school of the event since its inception in 1991. With a new world class track we expect to see the fastest times in the state, even the country! 🏃🏽♀️🏃🏻♂️💨
See you there, Saturday March 22, 2025!
Just shot a short film with the #ReelMonte crew!🎥 Such a great experience to be working with kids in my hometown. This youth workshop was made possible by CASA Zamora and @semartsposse .🙌🏽
Big Thanks to everyone who helped out!🙏🏽😁 See you at the screening party 🍿 Saturday Dec. 16th. 4-6pm
Excited to be part of this cool project happening in El Monte! 🎥 🎬
I’ll be teaching a youth filmmaking workshop at the new community space C.A.S.A. Zamora in Zamora Park run by hometown heroes @semartsposse and funded by the @eastsideartsinitiative .
Scan the QR code on the third slide for application info.
⭐️This is happening soon! Oct 12th - mid November. Thursdays after school. Geared for kids 10-18.
If your kids are interested and live in the neighborhood, fill out the application! 😀🤙🏽🎬⭐️
