San Diego filmmakers, Neil Trusso, Vernon Mortensen and Kelly Parks, owners of San Diego based Unconventional Films, are proud to announce that Chamaco, a gritty boxing drama starring Martin Sheen, Kirk Harris, Alex Perea and Michael Madsen, will screen at the San Diego Latino Film Festival on March 13, 17 and 20th.
Vernon Mortensen and Neil Trusso both served as Co-Executive Producers and Kelly Parks has been assigned to handle Chamaco’s local San Diego promotions. In addition to Chamaco, Unconventional Films is the production company behind the highly successful comedy, The Crusader (99% Funny on Funny or Die) and the sci-fi/horror movie, Universal Dead, starring DB Sweeney and Dough Jones.
Neil Trusso, who first came to San Diego while serving as an elite US Navy SEAL says, “It is an honor to be invited to the San Diego Latino Film Festival. It’s a great venue and San Diego is the perfect place to showcase a movie with deep Latino roots.”
Vernon Mortensen, a retired US Navy SWCC, first moved to San Diego in 1988 when he attended the Navy’s boot camp here, and later met Neil in 1993 when the two were deployed to Somalia as part of the same Naval Special Warfare Task Unit. “We’ve been best friends and business partners ever since.” He says and quickly adds, “Chamaco is a perfect candidate for the SDLFF because it is one of only three American independent movies who qualified for money from the Mexican Film Fund.
Kelly Parks, a long time San Diego resident and the world’s only Ex-CIA/Rocket Scientist/Stand-up Comic/ Screenwriter, first joined Unconventional Films in 2007.
Screenings of Chamaco will take place at the Ultra Star Mission Valley Cinemas in the Hazard Center on March 13th at 6:30 pm, March 17 at 9:45 pm, and March 20th at 4:00 pm.
