When director Constantine Venetopoulos was working on psychological drama “The Man in the Attic” with Jennifer Lopez’s sister, Leslie Lopez, starring as an opera singer, a room in Leslie’s house filled with drawings caught his attention. That was when he met Jennifer Lopez’s nibling (a non-gendered term used in place of niece or nephew) Brendon Scholl and “it was friendship at first sight,” the filmmaker says.
Scholl was a young visual artist with a passion for drawing. And as Scholl shared them, Venetopoulos noticed the darker aspect of the artwork – their famous aunt, Jennifer had shared a post in 2017, introducing the world to their trans and non-binary journey. Both the art and Scholl’s journey resonated with Venetopoulos, who wanted to make “Draw With Me,” a documentary short, about trans youth.
The awards contender shows how Scholl uses their art as an important outlet while navigating life’s challenges with their family,...
Scholl was a young visual artist with a passion for drawing. And as Scholl shared them, Venetopoulos noticed the darker aspect of the artwork – their famous aunt, Jennifer had shared a post in 2017, introducing the world to their trans and non-binary journey. Both the art and Scholl’s journey resonated with Venetopoulos, who wanted to make “Draw With Me,” a documentary short, about trans youth.
The awards contender shows how Scholl uses their art as an important outlet while navigating life’s challenges with their family,...
- 2/6/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Over the past several years, Best Documentary Short has become arguably the strongest specialty category at the Academy Awards, and 2021 is proving to be the same as the directors of four short docs spoke at TheWrap’s Awards Screening Series about how their unique stories were created.
Among them is Sophia Nahli Allison’s “A Love Song for Latasha,” a dream-like short that tells the life of Latasha Harlins, a teen who was killed by a Korean store owner in 1991. The store owner avoided jail time despite being convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and his sentencing is believed to be one of the factors behind the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Allison is a resident of South Central where Harlins lived, and she combined photos and interviews of Harlins’ family and friends with artistic editing to create a unique depiction of a Black girl’s life cut abruptly short.
“I knew I wanted...
Among them is Sophia Nahli Allison’s “A Love Song for Latasha,” a dream-like short that tells the life of Latasha Harlins, a teen who was killed by a Korean store owner in 1991. The store owner avoided jail time despite being convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and his sentencing is believed to be one of the factors behind the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Allison is a resident of South Central where Harlins lived, and she combined photos and interviews of Harlins’ family and friends with artistic editing to create a unique depiction of a Black girl’s life cut abruptly short.
“I knew I wanted...
- 2/2/2021
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Brendon Scholl wasn't anticipating telling their story on film. Director Constantine Venetopoulos was merely someone whom their mom, opera singer Leslie Ann Lopez, had worked with on a project. However, the young visual artist's coming out as both trans and non-binary—a journey introduced to the world first by famous aunt Jennifer Lopez in a 2017 Instagram post—resonated with the openly gay filmmaker. And so, Constantine sprung an idea on them. "It came to me kind of suddenly," Brendon told E! News of the fateful moment. "We were just sitting on the floor in my room, and he brought up the fact that he would [be interested in telling] my story and making a...
- 1/30/2021
- E! Online
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