The pilot episode will be screened for free at 9:20 p.m. Thursday at the Santikos Embassy 14 theater, following a 6 p.m. car show in the parking lot featuring classic vehicles used in the episode.
, a short documentary on the 30-year-old family-run restaurant that Rivas made with filmmaker Evan Materne.SalesmanThe use of classic cars and the ageless interior of Maria’s Cafe signals Rivas’ interest in the look and feel of vintage filmmaking, one reason he set his new series in the San Antonio of the mid ’90s.
At ages 21 and 27, however, Rivas and Ybarra weren’t yet born into the world they represent onscreen.by Martin Scorcese, which recounts the life of a Brooklyn mobster from the 1950s through the 1970s, similarly recreate lost times and places using vintage vehicles and well-preserved urban settings.
The current owners of Paper Tiger were very accommodating of the young filmmakers, Rivas said. “We threw a real punk show, and then we used that as an excuse to film.” The first episode is set one month after Chicana pop sensation Selena was murdered in Corpus Christi in 1995, Rivas said, reflecting a time period when “everything started to get darker.”, and the show unflinchingly chronicles the drug trafficking, sex trafficking and other issues affecting the Hispanic community, including gentrification, Rivas said.
“It’s all based on a lot of true things that happened,” Rivas said, “and we feel like it should be talked about.” However, the young filmmakers approach these serious topics with a gritty sense of humor, describing their show as a
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