The Actress / Sandy
A first-time feature-film director (who's also the writer and producer) is casting the lead actress. We meet him talking to his wife about the picture and the process. We meet the actress, Sandy, negotiating with her roommate and talking by phone to her mother. Then, we watch Sandy audition for the director at the call-back session; also attending are the casting director and the production company's sycophants. The wrinkle is that the director is a homicidal misogynist, his wife is tied up and hanging from the ceiling, and Sandy has something in her purse that bodes a rocky future. (IMDb)
Gila
Originally produced for PBS's Great Performances Series, La Pastorela is a musical retelling of the shepherds' journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. We see the tale through the eyes of a modern young girl, the oldest child in a large rural Tex-Mex family. During a surrealistic dream, which brings to mind "The Wizard of Oz," the young chicana makes a fantastical journey with the shepherds and along the way; witnesses the triumph of God's Angels over Satan's diablo's. Full of drama, comedy, fantasy and wonderful music; this is a rare film the whole family can enjoy together.
New York City cop becomes partners with a rodeo cowboy from Montana on the City's Mounted Police Department.
Marta de la Cruz
Nothing is more important to Mexican-American Marta Delacruz than her quinceanera -- the traditional 15th birthday celebration that symbolically ushers a young girl into adulthood. Marta is understandably angry and resentful when her father cancels the gala event, but her outlook changes completely when she accidentally uncovers her father's secret: He never became a U.S. citizen.
Locita
{로스엔젤레스 경찰서(Police Department)와 군보안관서(County Sheriff's Department)에는 강력반(A Gang Crime Division)이 따로 있다. 경찰의 강력계는 크래쉬(C.R.A.S.H.: Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums), 보안관서의 강력계는 OSS(O.S.S.: Operation Safe Streets)라고 부르고 두 부서의 수사 요원은 남녀 합해 280명이다. 그러나 로스엔젤레스 주변에는 600개가 넘는 갱단에 7만명이 넘는 단원이 활개를 치고 있다. 87년 한 해, 갱단과 관련된 살인사건은 387건이었다.} 로스앤젤레스 경찰국은 C.R.A.S.H의 갱 범죄부를 가지고 있고 치안국은 O.S.S의 갱 범죄부를 가지고 있다. 이 두 부서는 특별 훈련된 250명의 남며로 구성되어 있다. LA전역에는 70000명의 구성원을 갖는 600개의 갱집단이 있는데 지난해 387개의 살인범죄와 관련 되어 있다. C.R.A.S.H. 요원으로 새로 들어온 숀 펜은 호기심이 강하고 고집이센 젊은 경관이고 베테랑인 로버트 듀발이 그의 파트가 된다.
