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Leon Ichaso was born in Havana, Cuba on August 3, 1948. Ichaso migrated to Mexico at the age of 14 and then to the United States with his mother Antonia Ichaso, and sister Mari Rodriguez Ichaso. His father, poet and journalist Justo Rodriguez Santos, who had affiliations with the Orígenes literary group, initially stayed behind in Cuba to ...
May 23, 2023 · The filmmaker Leon Ichaso in 2015. One critic called his first movie, “El Super,” made on a shoestring budget with help from family members, “the quintessential Cuban-exile film.”
May 24, 2023 · Leon Ichaso was a Cuban-born filmmaker whose gritty, realistic portraits of urban living explored life as a Latino in North America. Died: May 21, 2023 ( Who else died on May 21? Details of...
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Leon Ichaso, left, films a video featuring Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez on a float during the Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York. Ichaso, a Cuban American filmmaker who in “El Super,” “Crossover Dreams,” “Piñero,” “El Cantante” and other movies examined themes of Latino assimilation and cultural identity, died on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at his home in Santa Monica, Calif.
May 22, 2023 · Veteran director Leon Ichaso, who directed TV episodes from “Miami Vice” to “Queen of the South,” and numerous features, died suddenly of a “massive heart attack,” his sister said Monday.
Dec 21, 2001 · Interview: Benjamin Bratt and Leon Ichaso Talk. Piñero. We chatted with the star and director of Piñero about its making and the tragedy of the real-life Piñero’s life. Before Scared Straight there was Short Eyes, Miguel Piñero’s play about an alleged child rapist brought to justice by his fellow inmates in the now-defunct “Tombs ...
May 22, 2023 · Leon Ichaso- RIP- Pioneer of telling the history of immigrants in his movies! A brilliant director & writer. Loved Life. My beloved brother! El Cantante, Piñero, El Super, Sugar Hill, Paraíso ...
