Jeremy Ray Valdez Articles

Benjamin Bratt in La Mission Los Angeles' 6th Artivist Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, Dec. 1, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Until its conclusion on Dec. 5, Artivist will screen 45 "advocate films" — socially/politically conscious documentary and narrative features and shorts — from around the globe. Tickets are free, but must be reserved in advance. The festival will open with a screening of [...]

Peter Bratt's family drama La Mission, about the relationship between an ex-con (Benjamin Bratt, above) and his gay son (Jeremy Ray Valdez), will open the 2009 edition of the Artivist Film Festival, which runs Dec. 1-5 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The synopsis below is from the Artivist website: "Set in the colorful, seedy streets of the San Francisco district that bears its name, [...]

Outfest 2009 kicks off with the Opening Night Gala screening of writer-director Peter Bratt's La Mission on Thursday, July 9, at 8:00 pm at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Starring Benjamin Bratt (above), Jeremy Ray Valdez, and Erika Alexander, La Mission tells the story of a tough ex-con attempting to come to grips with the fact that his teenage son is gay. Ticket [...]