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Mid Hudson Times, Wednesday, March 23, 2016
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Mi America comes to Downing Film Center
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The movie, shot in 2013, was filmed almost entirely in the City of Newburgh with local actors and set workers.
By SHANTAL RILEY
[email protected]
Mi America will make its Hudson
Valley debut at the Downing Film Center
this weekend. The movie, shot in 2013,
was filmed almost entirely in the City of
Newburgh with local actors and set workers.
“The Downing wanted to run it for
the people of Newburgh,” said Associate
Producer Giancarlo Lorusso.
The movie recounts the story of an
investigation into the killing of five
Hispanic migrant workers, whose bodies
are found in an abandoned warehouse
on the Brooklyn waterfront. A detective,
played by Robert Fontaine, is assigned to
the case.
“It’s about the growing trend of hate
crimes against Hispanics of AmericanIndian descent in America,” said
Fontaine, who also directs the film.
The City of Newburgh was chosen
as the main location to shoot the film
because the film is set in Brooklyn. “We
needed a little grittiness,” said Fontaine
in a 2013 interview with the Mid Hudson
Times.
Local cast members include Zoe Hunter,
Michael Power, Chris Tighe, Terri Vargas
and Leif Grund. Newburgher Keith Nieto
worked as a set designer on the film and
scores of extras were also hired locally.
The film