Your Source for NPR News & Music
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
We are operating on low power due to some issues at our transmitter site. Our engineering staff is working on the issue.

Creating Ways: The Confluence of Media/Cultura

vivaelpaso.com

Guest host Carlos de la Torre welcomes el Paso Film Commissioner Drew Mayer-Oakes of Visit El Paso to discuss the upcoming October event. Creating Ways: The Confluence of Media/Cultura

The conversation on local short film productions is always bubbling in the borderland. However, local film production leaders try to create more opportunities for storytellers to learn from creatives who are actively working in the industry on a macro scale with events such as the Creating Ways: The Confluence of Media/Cultura conference. The event is free and open to the public. This year's topics include film, podcasting, photography, and social media, as well as how the binational borderland affects the way media is being made.

Additional Information/Links:

Originally aired on August 26, 2023

Carlos M. De La Torre is a Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Co-Founder, and Chairman of Tower Productions, formed in 2016. He graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2018 with a Double Bachelor's Degree in Digital Media Production and History. Some of the films he's Written and Directed include the award-winning short films, “So, Who Was It This Time?”, "You Know What's Funny" , “The Tram”, and feature film, "Depth of Field".
Sam Cassiano is a native Californian who spent his formative years in the Bay Area. An army brat, his family toured Germany and Japan before settling in El Paso in 1973. Initially a Communications Major at UTEP, a radio internship at KPAS-FM 94, the PASS launched his broadcasting career. He can be heard as the morning news anchor on KTEP during NPR's Morning Edition, and Friday evenings at 10 pm as the host of Friday Night Blues.