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« Previous EntriesNew GO13 Behind-the-scenes video
Monday, August 31st, 2009For ITVS’ pilot Project 360 program we created a fantastic new behind-the-scenes video where Kristy and Dawn meet up with two of the girls––now 18 years old––from Going on 13. Find out where they are now, and see them turn the tables and interview the filmmakers:
Our kick-ass interns’ reactions to the updates:
Frances- Dannng, [...]
Wake Up Fellaz & Feel the love Ladies
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009Katarina: Ok, so I’m on film duty! and there was this movie that Fu and I watched called, Wet Dreams & False Images. The title was enough for me to get excited about watching it! Lol. But seriously, this movie is pretty awesome. The entire time I was thinking, “Do guys really think that kind [...]
Award-winning film on puberty, race, class and gender
Friday, May 1st, 2009Help us spread the word about our DVD release!
Going on 13
A Documentary Film By Kristy Guevara-Flanagan and Dawn Valadez
FOUR GIRLS OF COLOR COMING OF AGE IN CONTEMPORARY URBAN AMERICA
”Three Stars. Recommended!”
—K. Fennessy, Video Librarian
”Every college library should own this DVD.”
—Melanie Bishop, Associate Professor, Arts & Letters, Prescott College
”…frank [...]
The San Joaquin Children’s Film Festival
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009(NOTE: I wrote this at the festival and forgot to publish it!)
Today (1/17/09) I arrived in Stockton with my son Rigo and my nephew Teo on a mission to enjoy the San Joaquin Children’s Film Festival, screen GOING ON 13 and sell DVDs.
We are staying in a beautiful hotel on the delta (I think the [...]
Something for all you documentary filmmakers…
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Dawn and I are happy to be presenting our film as a case study for the National Association of Latino Independent Producers Doing Your Doc Weekend Seminar. We have been a part of both NALIP and BAVC for a long time now, so we are very proud to be representing these organizations. This is a [...]
The City of Angels-a homecoming of sorts
Saturday, September 20th, 2008Nalipster, Oskar Toruno, and Dawn in front of the Mann’s for the opening gala
When Kristy and I heard that GOING ON 13 was selected to the LA Latino International Film Festival we were thrilled. LA was our childhood home, where we both became 13, where we made that grand transition from childhood to adolescence. To [...]
Summertime and living is easy…
Friday, August 15th, 2008The summer is nearing its end and I am trying to stay in the present and be grateful for all of the great things that are happening for the film and in my life.
Really, there is SO MUCH I am grateful for! For instance, I hung out recently with my friends from Patchworks [...]
“It’s title may sound definitive, but AMERICAN TEEN is not the only doc about American teens on the festival circuit.”
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Check out this really cool review comparing our film alongside American Teen, and Hard Times at Douglas High. Guess who “touches more often and more deeply than these other two films, so if it stops short of offering a Grand Statement about The Way Kids Live Now, that seems okay––as a portrait of the inner [...]
SILVERDOCS Round-Up Before Our Screenings
Saturday, June 21st, 2008Our poster at the AFI Silver Theatre
I have had a chance to see a few films, visit with a few friends, meet filmmakers from all over, and get to know downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. Which seems like a very new, somewhat mall-ish community, that is both incredibly well-planned and surprisingly and refreshingly diverse. Yesterday we [...]
Finishing up my Tribeca Experience
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Hey there,
It takes me a while to report on what’s going on because I have a kid and full time job and lots of other things that get in the way of telling you all about our adventures. In fact Rigo is saying right now, “Mom can you read to me? mom, can you [...]