MLK Jr. Way Official Trailer

http://www.facebook.com/mlkjrway
MLK Jr. Way is a feature length film


Official Selection of the 2011 San Francisco Latino Film Festival


The story is about two young Mexican American guys who lose their jobs (partly from laziness partly from the recession), and their home (due to the rocky climate in West Oakland). They decide to pursue a casually mentioned plan suggested by their friend to find girlfriends and subsequently live with them, in order to find a free place to live.

It is a plot based on dating but there are no tones of romance or real explorations of relationships. There are however subtle visual and verbal discussions of race, gender, class, subcultures, gentrification, city planning, and the contemporary bohemian lifestyle.

Mlk Jr. Way is a narrative, but it is not scripted. It is not a documentary because there is a fictional plot in play, but there are certainly some cinéma vérité qualities to the film. All of the actors, directors, musicians, marketers and designers are part of this tight knit existing community. All the parties are real, and many of the conversations are real and the style reflects this. We used fiction as a tool to package the truth in an entertaining and structured manner, shedding the burden of self-importance.

The style comes from a blatant disinterest in holding the craft of perfect high definition, crisp sound, stable camera, and romantic compositions on a pedestal at the expense of content, innovation, perspective (pov) and authenticity.

mlkjrway@gmail.com
www.mlkjrway.com


Starring - Gabe Santos and Albert Luera

Directed by Eliseo Cabrera & Kara Cohen

Story by Erik Stinson, Eliseo Cabrera & Kara Cohen

Filmed in Oakland, California
from June 2010 - February 2011


Song by Moon Roof - "Rosie"
http://soundcloud.com/mlkjrway/sets

• Category

  Film & Animation

[hitsugaya111]

someone send me a link to the moonroof song i cant find it anywhere on youtube

[mlkjrwaythemovie]

not allowed to put links but i updated the description or look up 'moon roof rosie' on google

[ProphePsyed]

looks mad chill, can't wait

[Jey Pandian]

When's the movie coming out?

[lotlmovie]

olympia beer. get some.

[erikhaspresence]

feelings