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HBO Max Pa'lante! & WarnerMedia OneFifty Announce Pa'lante! Promise Latin Projects
Additional Slate Of OneFifty Acquired Latin Films To Premiere On HBO Max
HBO Max Pa'lante! is launching the Pa'lante! Promise to support Latino creatives through a creative partnership with OneFifty - WarnerMedia's artistic studio focused on curating, developing and investing in bold, innovative, fresh and compelling storytelling. The Pa'lante! Promise is committed to elevating and supporting the OneFifty selected series, films, shorts, and podcasts that are authentic, have strong cultural aesthetic, speak to Latino's ambicultural identity, and feature Latinos in front of and behind the scenes.
"Visibility and opportunity is everything," said Jessica Vargas, Director of Multicultural Marketing, HBO Max and HBO. "The Pa'lante! Promise and WarnerMedia OneFifty is a great example of a network creating a platform where Latin creatives and their work are supported and elevated, through promotional campaigns that resonate with our audience in an authentic way."
"We are thrilled and excited to be collaborating with HBO Max Pa'lante! on this exciting and powerful slate of projects. This slate captures the vision of the amazing artists involved and that of OneFifty," said Axel Caballero, Head of WarnerMedia OneFifty & Vice President, Artistic and Cultural Innovations.
Below is a list of the first Pa'lante! Promise supported projects that will go into pre-development next year.
The Sun Who Can't Play Trumpet - Short
Dark Comedy
At a Latino celebration party, things escalate after a father pressures his grown son to play the trumpet for his guests.
A Love Supreme - Feature
Dramedy
A Love Supreme is a single camera Drama/Comedy 'Mixtape' series about relationships, friendships, breakups and makeups of Latinx childhood friends from Uptown, Nueva York City.
L.A.tinas - Episodic
Bi-Lingual Dramedy
Four very diverse Hispanic women living in Los Angeles enjoy the city to its fullest while trying to juggle their Latin heritage and pursuing their American dream.
Harvest - Feature
Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world where white people, animals and water have nearly disappeared--a Native Latina and an AfroLatina must decide if they should save their child with an illegal heart transplant harvested from the bodies of migrants.
Additionally HBO Max and WarnerMedia OneFifty proudly announced today the acquisition of a slate of Latin content, helmed by Latino filmmakers. These projects will premiere on HBO Max within the next year. The films cover a wide range of genres, including short content, unscripted, documentary films, and feature narratives.
Below is a list of WarnerMedia OneFifty's acquired projects that will debut in the coming year.
ACUITZERAMO - Short
Drama
January 2022
After losing his partner of 15 years, Salvador must confront his late partner's estranged son, Anthony, who was unaware of his father's homosexuality.
ANACRONTE - Animated Short
Short Animation
9/15/21
Anacronte is a striking 3D animated non-dialogue short film that personifies humanity's struggle against the forces of misfortune.
A LA CALLE - Feature
Documentary
9/15/21
An eye-opening documentary about Maduro's oppressive regime in Venezuela and the prominent figures opposing the government.
ROSA - Short
Drama
10/1/21
Rosa is a part-time florist who runs an illicit operation of shipping the bodies of deceased immigrants back to their home countries.
NINA FURIA - Episodic
YA, Drama
10/1/21
A poignant series about the everyday lives of a group of Nicaraguan students exiled in Costa Rica.
SON OF MONARCHS - Feature
Drama
11/2/21
A New York City biologist returns to his hometown in Mexico and undergoes a personal transformation in the butterfly forests of Michoacán.
THE 90-DAY PLAN - Short
Comedy, YA, Family
11/1/21
Two young teenagers plan to rob a Bank of America by using Hollywood heist films as their guide.
About HBO Max Pa'lante!
HBO Max Pa'lante! is a social-first audience initiative breaking down barriers for new voices and driving awareness to culturally relevant programming across HBO Max for Latinx audiences. Founded on the vision of empowerment, resilience, and hope, Pa'lante! (Forward) is a celebration of the ambicultural movement that elevates Latinx stories and voices from across HBO Max.
About WarnerMedia OneFifty
WarnerMedia OneFifty represents the natural complement to the industry-leading work of WarnerMedia and its divisions HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC Entertainment, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others. Inspired by the nearly 100-year tradition of innovation at our company, WarnerMedia OneFifty serves as the content innovation hub for WarnerMedia, and as an artist studio where content innovation happens, seeking to bring the best, most compelling untold and artist-forward stories to audiences.
About WarnerMedia
WarnerMedia is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes premium and popular content from a diverse array of talented storytellers and journalists to global audiences through its consumer brands including: HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros., TNT, TBS, truTV, CNN, DC, New Line, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and others. The organization also includes Xandr's suite of advanced advertising solutions designed to help to improve advertising for brands, publishers, and consumers.
WarnerMedia is part of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T).
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