Hispanic cultural influence in America has grown significantly since the 1940's; Latinos' time to dominantly emerge in popular culture has come.
Statistically, the numbers are outstanding. In 2001, Hispanics outpaced African Americans as the U.S.'s largest minority group.1 The 2000 U.S. census reported Latino population to have grown 58% since the previous 1990 census; and were projected to be a population of 47.8 Million by the end of this decade. In 2000, the media centers of LA, NY, Chicago, and Miami were 33% Latino and have grown since.2
In this period of immigration reform, Ecstatic Pictures recognizes that the Spanish speaking market is under served and under valued. The tipping point has come for Hispanic Americans and their stories, which reflect the - now mythic - American journey to be dream big, yearning for more.
Films such as MARIA FULL OF GRACE, CITY OF GOD, Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN, and THE MOTORCYCLE DIARES have all been met with critic praise, popular acclaim, and marketability.
The growing genre of these Hispanic films is the heritage of COLOMBIAN INTERVIEWS…
A wide, emerging audience will relate to this picture. Its Hispanic subject matter broadens the film's audience from traditionally American film buying markets (the UK, Japan, Germany, Italy) to ADD the Hispanic markets of Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Spain.
Although no investment in a motion picture is secure, CI's broader market reach will increase its marketability.
COLOMBIAN INTERVIEWS, from script to distribution chain, has been conceived and proposed to take advantage of the state of the present film market, its audience, what they want, and how to maximize this film's eventual success and profitability.
