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AVENUES (2015)

FEATURE FILM

WRITER / DIRECTOR

STARRING: Tracey Heggins & Hector Atreyu Ruiz

A recently paroled convict returns home to the rough Northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Highland Park—also known as The Avenues—all in the hopes of connecting with his daughter whom he's never met.

SHAMAN WITH THE BLADE (2011)

SHORT FILM

WRITER / DIRECTOR

STARRING: Hector Atreyu Ruiz & Rene Arreola

Years after witnessing his younger brother's brutal murder, a local barber gets an opportunity for revenge when his brother's killer—unaware of their bloody ties—stops in for a straight razor shave. Tormented by memories of that tragic day, the barber wrestles with a choice... to be the butcher or to be the barber.

PARDON (2011)

SHORT FILM

WRITER / DIRECTOR

STARRING: Rene Arreola

A reformed convict returns home to connect with the young daughter he's never met, only to discover she's happy living with an adopted father. This short film inspired the feature film titled Avenues.

CADENCE (2010)

SHORT FILM

WRITER / DIRECTOR

STARRING: Lonnie Anderson & Joseph Valdez

A focused urban youth seizes an opportunity his gridiron dreams. Swept up in his fantasy, reality soon sets in.

MAC (2012)

SHORT EXPERIMENTAL SCENE

WRITER / DIRECTOR

STARRING: Joseph Valdez & Erika Flores

In this scene, adapted from Shakespeare's "Macbeth", we meet Mac and his Lady moments after a murder plot they've hatched has gone south.