An Evening of L.A. Film, L.A. Myth: Culture Clash's "Water & Power" Film preview with an intro by playwright/filmmaker Richard Montoya, plus the classic "Chinatown"

Enjoy An Evening of Los Angeles Film, Los Angeles Myth             At 2nd Annual Lummis Day Film Benefit  

 A first-look, diamond-in-the rough excerpt from the in-progress film adaptation of the prize winning Chicano noir play, “Water & Power” and a screening of the classic quasi-historical L.A. film, “Chinatown” will be presented at the second annual Lummis Day film benefit event at 7:00 pm, Saturday, April 21 at the historic Highland Park Ebell Club, 131 Avenue 57 in Los Angeles.

 Author, filmmaker and Culture Clash co-founder Richard Montoya, who is currently adapting his acclaimed “Water & Power” for the screen, will introduce a rough-cut excerpt from the project and will offer a rare opportunity for the pubic to watch the creative process behind this stage-to-film adaptation unfold.

Tickets for the event are $15 and may be purchased via Paypal at www.LummisDay.org,  at the door or at Antigua Coffee House, 3400 North Figueroa Street and Galco's Old World Grocery, 5702 York Boulevard. All proceeds will benefit the 7th annual Lummis Day: The Festival of Northeast Los Angeles. For more information, call 818-535-9178.

“Water & Power,” a modern noir in the tradition of Raymond Chandler and Walter Mosely, presents the tale of twin brothers nicknamed “Water” and “Power” who rise from L.A.’s hardscrabble Eastside streets and break through the city’s political and police ranks to become players in a complex, dangerous web of the powerful and corrupt. The story, says author Montoya, is about “Latino demons, ambitions and desires, our very American ideals… about us wanting the same things, the same brass rings as everybody else… Water & Power came from L.A., from the films of L.A., the bridges, the East Side and the West Side, listening to the city talk to me.” 

 The play, “Water & Power,” premiered in 2006 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and won the Los Angeles Theatre Critics’ Circle and Ovation Awards for Best New Play. Written and directed by Richard Montoya, the film adaptation was shot on L.A. locations in late 2011. 

 “Chinatown,” ranked by American Film Institute a #2 on its list of the best mystery films of all time was nominated for eleven Academy Awards, winning in the category of Best Original Screenplay. It also won Golden Globe Awards for Best Film, Best Director (Roman Polanski), Best Actor (Jack Nicholson) and Best Screenplay (Robert Towne).

This event is sponsored by the Highland Park Ebell Club, radio station KPFK 90.7, The Patch and the Lummis Day Community Foundation