Spoken Word (film)

Spoken Word is a 2009 drama film directed by Victor Nuñez and starring Kuno Becker, Ruben Blades, Miguel Sandoval and Persia White.[1]

Spoken Word
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVictor Nuñez
Produced by
  • Karen Koch
  • William T. Conway
Written by
  • William T. Conway
  • Joe Ray Sandoval
Starring
Music byMichael Brook
CinematographyVirgil Mirano
Edited by
  • Victor Nunez
  • Justin Geoffroy
Production
company
  • New Mexico Media Partners
  • Luminaria Productions
Distributed byVariance Films
Release date
  • March 1, 2009 (2009-03-01) (Aguascalientes Festival)
  • July 23, 2010 (2010-07-23) (United States)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The writers include William T. Conway and Joe Ray Sandoval. The film was produced by Karen Koch and William T. Conway. It opened in New York City at Big Cinemas Manhattan 1 on July 23, 2010, and played in Los Angeles at Laemmle's Sunset 5 on July 30, 2010.

Plot

Cruz Montoya is a Latino spoken-word artist who works in San Francisco. He returns home to Santa Fe, New Mexico to reconnect with his dying father and his brother. He is finding himself losing his "voice" as he spirals downward back into the dysfunctional life of drugs and violence he had left behind.[2]

His brother is judgmental. Cruz is approached by his former boss Emilio, who works as a local drug dealer. Cruz falls into the familiar patterns of his past while ignoring the increasingly anxious phone calls of his girlfriend. Cruz is also suffering from bipolar disorder and uses alcohol to self-medicate.[1]

Cast
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gollark: I'm hoping much of the underpaid labour can be replaced with automation in the future, too.
gollark: Not really? If I could somehow make people not want it and skip any of the ethical issues related to that it'd be nice? But they do, and the system satisfies those values.
gollark: People are entirely free to *not* buy a new phone every 6 months and... mostly do... the phone market has been declining because of lengthening upgrade cycles. If people buy unreasonable amounts it's because *they want that*, though possibly because of advertising which is terrible.
gollark: So how do you solve this? Just have someone say "no phones for you if you ask for them too often"?

References
  1. Jeanette Catsoulis (July 22, 2010). "The Difficulties of Escaping the Past". The New York Times.
  2. Spoken Word - Film Review, by Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, July 22, 2010.


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