• Source: The Other Barrio

      • The Other Barrio is a 2015 neo-film noir directed by Dante Betteo, co-produced by Lou Dematteis, and based on the short story "The Other Barrio" by San Francisco Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguia. The film premiered on February 8, 2015 at the Brava Theater in San Francisco. The East Coast premiere was at the Independent Film Festival in Washington DC on February 26, 2015.
      The film stars Veronica Valencia, Richard Montoya, and Philip Kan Gotanda.


      Plot


      San Francisco housing inspector Bob Morales (Montoya) as he investigates the suspicious circumstances of a fatal fire in a residential hotel in San Francisco's Latino Mission District and finds himself face to face with corruption at City Hall and the mysterious Sophia Nido (Valencia), a beautiful woman from his past.
      This film, based on a story by San Francisco Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguia, addresses issues around gentrification and displacement of low-income communities. The film is based in part on the December 1975 fire at the Gartland Apartments at 16th and Valencia Streets in San Francisco.


      Cast


      Veronica Valencia ... Sophia Nido
      Richard Montoya ... Bob Morales
      Vincent Calvarese ... Huey
      Geoff Hoyle ... Open Road
      Nestor Cuellas ... Undercover Police
      Brian J. Patterson ... La Jessica
      Alexandra Tejeda Rieloff ... La Noche Guest (voice)
      Melinna Bobadilla ... Miss Mary
      James Hiser ... Johnson
      Pearl Wong ... Pearl
      Donald Lacy ... Brother Sydell
      Michael Torres ... Crow
      Sean San Jose ... Sean
      Christopher W. White ... Christopher
      Philip Kan Gotanda ... Bob's Boss
      David Louis Klein ... Callahan


      References




      External links


      The Other Barrio at IMDb
      The Other Barrio on Facebook
      Huffington Post article
      Mission Local article

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