“American Homeboy” Picked Up By Apple TV With Oct 15th Release Date
“American Homeboy” Picked Up By Apple TV With Oct 15th Release Date
American Homeboy will also stream on numerous other major streaming services, including Amazon, Dish, Comcast, Sling TV, DirecTV, and more.
Los Angeles, CA – Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has acquired North American VOD rights to the Mexican American-focused documentary AMERICAN HOMEBOY, which will be available to rent/own on all North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms, starting on October 15, 2024.
Streaming and cable platforms that will now carry “American Homeboy” include Apple TV, Amazon, Dish, DirecTV, Sling TV, Comcast, and more.
Directed by prize winning writer Brandon Loran Maxwell, AMERICAN HOMEBOY uses AI technology to restore rare archival footage and explore the origins of pachuco culture against the backdrop of two wars and the Civil Rights Movement.
The film, which traces pachuco and cholo culture as it transcends government discrimination through the decades to become a pop culture phenomenon, draws from rare interviews shot on 5K with leading Mexican American historians, academics, artists, activists, cholos, and former law enforcement officers.
“Chicano culture is unique, beautiful, and complex,” said filmmaker Brandon Loran Maxwell. “My goal is to help contextualize it for average people by utilizing modern technology and carefully piecing together the past.”
AMERICAN HOMEBOY was produced by West Coast-based Latino digital media startup Chela Media which is dedicated to spotlighting unique Mexican American voices and stories.
Filmed over 3 years and spanning 100 years of history, the cast includes Estevan Oriol (Netflix’s L.A. Originals), Luis J. Rodriguez (Always Running), Charley Trujillo (PBS’s Soldados In Vietnam), David “Compton” Oropeza (Tattoo Nation), John Ulloa (Low Creations C.C.), and Eduardo Obregón Pagán (Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon).
In addition, the film includes James Diego Vigil (From Indians To Chicanos), Denise Sandoval (The Art Of Riding Low), Kenneth Castillo (Counterpunch), Richard Valdemar (Gangland), Sandy Avila (Lady Lowriders C.C.), Chuco Moreno (Viceland), Jose Valle (Raza del Soul), Jose “Barrio Archaeologist” Joaquin, Jerry Ramirez (This Fool), and more.
Learn more at AmericanHomeboy.com.