http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/julissa-lopez/159438?rss=object The latest on Julissa Lopez TV Guide RSS Publishing Engine V 1.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 http://www.tvguide.com/Images/rss/tvg_rss_logo.gif http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/julissa-lopez/159438?rss=object http://video.tvguide.com/Manito++++Trailer/Manito++Trailer/352924?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Manito++++Trailer/Manito++Trailer/352924?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-photohub/dims/MOVS/1/96/72/75/http://thumbnail.search.aolcdn.com/onstream/00005000/00005520/sckf/0000000000/0000113812.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Manito - Trailer" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Yet another American filmmaker inspired by the storytelling economy of Dogme 95, writer/director Eric Eason shot his feature debut, Manito, on digital video with a tiny budget and cast the film predominantly with first-time actors. Native New Yorker Eason's tale takes place in the Puerto Rican community of Washington Heights. Manny (Leo Minaya) is graduating high school near the top of his class and is headed to Syracuse University on a full scholarship. His family proudly organizes a massive graduation party, paid for by his older brother, Junior (Franky G.). Junior is a habitual womanizer who's done time for dealing drugs, but now he's working as a contractor. He's still hustling -- he falsifies his insurance certificate for a new job and hires illegal Mexican workers off the street -- but he's trying to pull his life together and support his wife, Miriam (Julissa Lopez), and their little boy. But his big celebration for Manny (staged at the famous Jimmy's Bronx Caf ) does not go smo</p> AOL Moviefone http://video.tvguide.com/Manito++++Trailer/Manito++Trailer/352924?rss=object Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Manito++++Trailer/Manito++Trailer/352924?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-photohub/dims/MOVS/1/96/72/75/http://thumbnail.search.aolcdn.com/onstream/00005000/00005520/sckf/0000000000/0000113812.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Manito - Trailer" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Yet another American filmmaker inspired by the storytelling economy of Dogme 95, writer/director Eric Eason shot his feature debut, Manito, on digital video with a tiny budget and cast the film predominantly with first-time actors. Native New Yorker Eason's tale takes place in the Puerto Rican community of Washington Heights. Manny (Leo Minaya) is graduating high school near the top of his class and is headed to Syracuse University on a full scholarship. His family proudly organizes a massive graduation party, paid for by his older brother, Junior (Franky G.). Junior is a habitual womanizer who's done time for dealing drugs, but now he's working as a contractor. He's still hustling -- he falsifies his insurance certificate for a new job and hires illegal Mexican workers off the street -- but he's trying to pull his life together and support his wife, Miriam (Julissa Lopez), and their little boy. But his big celebration for Manny (staged at the famous Jimmy's Bronx Caf ) does not go smo</p> Manito - Trailer