TUPAMARO: URBAN GUERRILLAS
TUPAMARO: URBAN GUERRILLAS
A FILM BY SALVADOR LITVAK
RABBI MOSHE “MO” ZALTZMAN runs a small synagogue in High Desert, CA with his wife HINDY and their five children. At their annual fundraising gala, the honoree is solar farm entrepreneur ALAN ROSNER. As Alan begins his speech, an unseen sniper attacks the event, firing into the crowd and causing death and devastation. After this apparent hate crime, Rabbi Mo becomes a public figure, calling for good deeds in memory of the slain. MAYOR DONOVAN KIRK vows to eradicate antisemitism from High Desert. The police investigate a young white supremacist and they find the murder weapon in his car. Case closed. But…
Rabbi Mo doesn’t think the kid did it. Yes, he seems to be a neo-nazi, but when Mo introduced him to holocaust survivor MR. FASSBINDER, the kid was visibly moved. The cops don’t buy Mo’s rationale for digging deeper, so he investigates the murder on his own. The synagogue’s security guard BRENDA insists that Rabbi Mo get firearms training, but he declines, explaining “I’m not a gun guy."
Mo uncovers multiple suspects, including Alan’s wife LIAT, an Israeli with a dark past, Alan’s hard-drinking brother JEFF, and SID BAROFSKY, an ecologist whose career Alan destroyed. Mo’s investigation brings him to Alan’s solar facility, but as his partner TIBOR is about to reveal a critical clue, a deadly sniper begins shooting at them, thrusting Mo into an epic cat-and-mouse chase in a vast field of parabolic mirrors.
The shocking murders force Mo and Hindy to get firearms training. The evidence points to one suspect and then another. After one of his TV appearances, however, Rabbi Mo is viciously attacked by actual neo-nazis, causing him to question everything. He digs deeper, but his hidden adversary turns Mo into a hated villain. Against all odds, Mo must unlock the web of deceit, leading to a shocking reveal and the battle royale.
Pictures From The Fringe, Concourse Media and Quiver present Guns & Moses, directed by Salvador Litvak, and co-written by Sal and his wife, Nina Litvak. It was produced by Lee Broda, Aimee Schoof, Isen Robbins and Salvador Livak.
This film is Peter Marshall Smith's first narrative feature as an editor. Lasrever also edited the promotional videos for the theatrical release this past summer.
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THE STORY IS HAZY. The plot may seem to amble along and then take a few detours, but that's just part of its unpredictable charm. The story, like the man, is one of contradictions. This is a fictitious biopic about a legendary rock star whose name we never mention, or whose songs we never hear. It’s a tribute to a man who in 1973 was arguably the most famous person alive, but turned his back on celebrity, marriage and sobriety. We drift with him through this booze-soaked, stoner fog of debauchery, in a year that he called his "lost weekend”. It was a turbulent time; one that, in many respects, parallels our own present day, which may account for the fact that each character the rock star encounters is bit kookier than the next, and have wildly different reactions to his fame. He awakens one morning in a strange woman’s bedroom in a vast mansion in the Hollywood Hills. To complicate matters, the woman is married, her dog is missing and her butler has dreams of stardom. As events unravel, hijinks ensue.
Tupamaro: Urban Guerrillas is an award-winning feature length documentary that chronicles the life of Alberto "Chino" Carias, the leader of a vigilante "colectivo" from the slums of Caracas, Venezuela. Once accused of robbing banks and killing cops, Chino sheds his outlaw reputation and takes a post in Hugo Chavez's government. But after Chavez dies, the country's struggling economy collapses. In the absence of true law and order, Chino clings to his contradictory roles as saint and executioner. Tupamaro: Urban Guerrillas is directed by Martín Andrés Markovits, produced by Matt Weinglass, Martín Andrés Markovits, Peter Marshall Smith and Carlos Corredor, co-produced by Andrew Rosati and Sebastian Kennedy, co-executive produced by Ryan Foland, Michelle Berezan, Francisco Roman and Rossana Lafianza. The documentary was executive produced by the late Hollywood legend Ed Asner. It is now streaming world-wide on Amazon Prime Video and YouTube. For more information visit:
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