by Linda Castillo
Actor and producer Sergio Castillo will be among the line-up of incredible presenters at the 2018 Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit. Sergio will be previewing the independent feature film Hole in the Wall. This movie touches upon the struggle of Latinx working class whose stories are rarely seen on the big screen in America.
In the Huffington Post article We Are Not Invisible: A Latino Actor in N.Y.C. Cinema, Sergio talk about the importance of the film:
“Hole In The Wall is a film that attempts to capture the true makeup of New York City. The characters featured in the film are of many different backgrounds, which is New York. This solely Eurocentric picture of New York doesn’t exist. It never has. And it never will. If art is supposed to hold up a mirror to society, then we are looking into distorted glass when we watch movies and television. It is time that all art be a reflection of our beautiful, tragic, and always harsh reality. And it is time for the Latina/o/x community to be a part of that conversation in a serious way.”
Here is a preview of the movie:
Hole in the Wall garnered the awards for the Best Family Comedy (Manhattan Film Festival 2016) and 2nd Place, Silver Award (International NY Film Festival 2015).
Linda Castillo is the Founder and Executive Editor of www.ModernLatina.com. She writes on topics that empower and inspire Latinas including art, motherhood, green living, culture, travel, and issues transforming the Latino community. Linda has earned a B.S. in Business and a M.S. in Mass Communications from San Jose State University.