INDIVISION 2000 Productions, founded in 1994 by award winning writer, director and producer, and #AllWomenEqually & Latinas In Hollywood: HerStories community event creatrixx, Cheryl Quintana Leader is dedicated to producing quality educational projects depicting positive multiracial /ethnic images in English/Spanish for the Latina/o community.
The Purepecha:
Poorest of the Poor
Coachella Valley, CA
A young Latina girl, Stephanie Maldonado, ventures out one summer day to discover that Coachella Valley’s Duroville trailer park is home to many Purépecha, a Mesoamerican people with a proud and ancient history. She unveils the social injustice against migrant farm working families who harvest America’s fruits and vegetables in one of the wealthiest tourist destinations and provider of a billion dollar crop industry.
This unique short doc, inspired by L.A. Times Staff Writer, David Kelly, resulted in the assistance of having 52 homes being built for our migrant farm working families in Duroville (Eastern Coachella Valley-Thermal CA). It aired for a year on TimeWarner cable with news anchor, Elizabeth Espinosa (KTLA5) [and originally by news anchor, Tamara Damante (KESQ3)], was duly cited by former First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey; screened at Georgetown University with Alum Judge Stephen Larson, and for U.S. Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis’ office and U.S. Senator, Laura Richardson.
Tanto Tiempo
Universal’s Hispanic 35mm Film Project Winner
Tanto Tiempo (So Much Time) selected as winner of the Hispanic Film Project, via MCA/Universal and The National Hispanic Media Coalition, is the story of a young Mexican American woman, Mia (Carrie Barton/Mandy Avila), and her Mexican mother, Luz (Seidy Lopez), who were made to live a restricted “white” life in order to “fit in.”
One of two Americans of Latina descent chosen in Universal’s 10-yr. history to tell our personal stories. TANTO TIEMPO (a ground-breaking 35mm narrative-5x National Awardee and Induction into MOMA/NY’s Xicano Retrospective Archives), about a young 4th gen American. This visioned experience was the first, and to date, only project to ever be produced and air in 85% of the U.S. TV Synd. Mkt. (NBC4 L.A.) hosted by Edward James Olmos written by/about Americans of Latina/o/Hispanic descent, sponsored by AT&T, Kodak, Women Make Movies and Very Special Arts.
