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Questions
& Answers with Joe Cardona - Producer / Director
Why do you think the original Café
con Leche connected so profoundly with its audience?
I think Café and Café 2
are unique in that they bridge the gaps between generations.
The subjects and personalities in both documentaries are reflections
of the community. Even now, several years since it premiered,
people still stop me to tell me how much the program meant
to them.
How is Café con Leche 2
different from the original program?
I think that Café was about a generation coming
to grips with its identity wheras Café 2 helps
to dispel some of the myths about the Cuban community by digging
deeper into events and conditions surrounding. |
President & Founder: K.I.E. Films
Work as a producer/director;
Documentaries:
“Rompiendo el Silencio” (1993; Univision)
“Adios Patria” (1994; Univision; WPBT/PBS)
“Café con Leche” (1997; WPBT/PBS)
“Honey Girl” (1998; Official selection of the 2000 Chicago
Latino Film Festival)
“Havana: Portrait of Yesteryear” (1998; WPBT/PBS; Telly
Award Winner)
“The Flight of Pedro Pan” (1999; WPBT/PBS; Telly Award
Winner; 2000 Aurora Award Platinum Best of Show)
“Nuestra Risa” (2000; WPBT/PBS)
“José Martí: Legacy of Freedom” (2002;
WPBT)
“Café con Leche 2” (2003; WPBT/PBS)
"Celia: The Queen" (2003; in production)
Features:
“Water, Mud & Factories” (1999; Official selection
of the 1999 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival; 2000
Chicago Latino Film Festival; 2000 San Diego Latino Film Festival;
2000 Newport Beach International Film Festival; 2000 New York International
Latino Film Festival; 2000 Urban World Festival)
“Bro” (2000; Official selection of the 2001 Chicago
Latino Film Festival; 2001 Flickapalooza Film Festival, 2001 New
York International Latino Film Festival, 2001 Big Bear Lake Film
Festival, 2002 San Diego Latino Film Festival)
Screenplays:
“Water, Mud & Factories” (1999)
“Bro” (co-authored David Fisher)
Awards:
“Bro”: 2001 Flickapalooza Film Festival “Best
Screenplay”
"Bro": 2002 ALMA Awards Nominated for Best Independent
Feature Film
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