La Mission hits home!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I recently met two actors that have inspired me to follow my own acting dreams. Benjamin Bratt & Jesse Borrego held a Q & A after a showing of their new movie, La Mission.  These two men were so real and down to earth. You could tell that they love their craft and understand the impact movies can make in our lives. Jesse Borrego was one of the few Latinos on TV when he played 'Jesse Velasquez' in the TV series 'FAME" alongside Janet Jackson. Jesse and Benjamin became household names with their 1993 movie, BLOOD IN BLOOD OUT.

  

 

La Mission ranks up there with Quinceanera & La Bamba as a realistic portrayal of Latino culture. Benjamin Bratt  plays an OG Chicano Low-rider who must come to terms that his only son is gay. I rarely cry during a movie but this one had me tearing up. I can count Mask, and Elephant Man as the only other ones to make me cry, but La Mission hit home.The coming out  story mirrored mine in many ways, and I'm sure a lot of other young Latino men's stories as well. The film wasn't preachy, and didn't sensationalize the gay story. During the Q&A, Mr Bratt turned the questioning to the audience. He asked us if we felt the Latino community was ready to deal with our gay family on film. I was pleasantly surprised that most in the audience agreed that it was time! I commend Benjamin Bratt and his Director/Writer brother Peter Bratt for bringing us a great piece of art to the movie screen. I highly recommend it! As Jesse Borrego said: "Tell your friends & family it gets 5 out of 5 jalapenos!" 

http://www.lamissionthemovie.com/ 

Click the website for the trailer!^

 
  

Comments

[StormMiguel]

I got to meet Jesse Borrego at SF Pride. La Mission had a booth there. That dude is bad-ass and sweet as cherry pie. Made me want to see Bound By Honor again. I haven't seen that movie in years.

And I loved La Mission.

[Nursing cover]

i watch the trailer and i think it's an interesting movie. thanks for sharing it!

[medieval costume]

hmm it made me quite smile about one part of the story. "OG Chicano Low-rider who must come to terms that his only son is gay. " LOL :D

anyways, when will this come out? Thanks for the review..

[SodaPapi]

Did you just compare Quincienera to La Bamba? Not hatin but Quinceanera???? Eeeck. It was no La Bamba. I found quinceanera to be a gay white mans cliche wet dream and exploitation of Angelino sub-culture. I give that script 1 pickled jalapeño with zanahorias echadas a perder. I Am looking forward to screening La Mission got the screener right here...