Cinewest Productions

06/08/2024

Carlos Monsivais, Isaac Artenstein; Panel discussion for Alvarez Bravo 1990 Retrospective. Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.

06/08/2024

David Avalos (in mask) & Isaac Artenstein standing in front of flag-fence mural by Herbert Siguenza. Murals of the Walls exhibition. Centro Cultural de la Raza San Diego, 1989. Artistas Borderizos de Corazón !

06/05/2024

Pioneering and Powerful.

A brief documentary about the Asco art collective, a former East Los Angeles Chicano artists' collective active between 1972 and 1987.Date of recording is un...

05/27/2024

Con el Oscar Chávez en Sundance, 1988.

05/23/2024

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/decolonizing-museums-reclaiming-el-camino-exhibition-autry-los-angeles-interview-1234697056/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1q3IC6MDwFNH2rwYcAWGy6j1aIBjcS0b0jLkM3wAm8wwTvlATTsCo9uvQ_aem_Ace25c3kzVl3GSpWuUnkeMuYYUh2ASCcxEARxm3rl9_Hia6lmCZ7faCfskIcY7CFoSlSYTcTWqQH2xpkHXJ6S7Ja

The new exhibition at the Autry Museum of the American West works to recenter Native lives and resistance in the story of California and the Missions.

05/10/2024

Award-winning filmmaker and Border Arts Workshop co-founder ISAAC ARTENSTEIN invites you to join him tomorrow at 1pm for a special FREE presentation bon MAKING CROSS-CULTURAL DOCUMENTARIES at A Reason To Survive (ARTS), located at 200 E 12th St in National City.

Isaac will be screening annd discussing his films THE JOURNEYS OF HARRY CROSBY and TIJUANA JEWS y as well as sneak peeks of his upcoming projects BORDER NOIR and DE LA TORRE BROTHERS: ARTISTS ON THE LINE.

RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-cross-cultural-documentaries-with-isaac-artenstein-tickets-897762801707

Isaac Artenstein is a filmmaker and educator who grew up in Tijuana and Chula Vista; studied at UCLA and received his BFA from Cal Arts. He founded Cinewest to create documentaries and indie features focusing on the border and Latin America, such as "Break of Dawn" which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Artenstein also produced the comedy "A Day Without a Mexican" and created internationally aired documentaries such "Ballad of an Unsung Hero" and "The Hidden Jews of the Southwest." A founding member of the Border Arts Workshop, he produced and directed "Border Brujo" and "Christmas at the Reservation," with performance artists Guillermo Gómez Peña and James Luna. His recent, "The Journeys of Harry Crosby" premiered on PBS and Canal 22 (Mexico's Cultural TV). He's currently producing "Border Noir" about crime fiction writers in the region; directing "De La Torre Brothers: Artists On the Line" He's taught film production courses at UCSD and USC.

05/09/2024

Remember to join us this Saturday at 1pm for a special FREE presentation by award-winning filmmaker and Border Arts Workshop co-founder Isaac Artenstein featuring sneak peeks of his upcoming projects BORDER NOIR and DE LA TORRE BROTHERS: ARTISTS ON THE LINE at A Reason To Survive (ARTS), located at 200 E 12th St in National City.

Join award-winning filmmaker and educator Isaac Artenstein screening and discussing selections from his documentaries.

05/09/2024

Meet filmmaker and co-founder of the Border Arts Workshop (BAW/TAF) Isaac Artenstein at a special FREE presentation and discussion on "Making Cross-Cultural Documentaries" this Saturday, May 11 @ 1pm @ A Reason To Survive (ARTS), 200 E 12th St, National City, CA 91950. Free Admission!

This special presentation includes a sneak peak at Isaac's upcoming works BORDER NOIR and DE LA TORRE BROTHERS: ARTISTS ON THE LINE, as well as recent works such as THE JOURNEYS PF HARRY CROSBY and TIJUANA JEWS.

Click Link To Register

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-cross-cultural-documentaries-with-isaac-artenstein-tickets-897762801707

To Learn More, visit FARSOUTHBORDERNORTH.COM or CINEWEST.NET

Isaac Artenstein is a filmmaker and educator who grew up in Tijuana and Chula Vista; studied at UCLA and received his BFA from Cal Arts. He founded Cinewest to create documentaries and indie features focusing on the border and Latin America, such as "Break of Dawn" which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Artenstein also produced the comedy "A Day Without a Mexican" and created internationally aired documentaries such "Ballad of an Unsung Hero" and "The Hidden Jews of the Southwest."

A founding member of the Border Arts Workshop, he produced and directed "Border Brujo" and "Christmas at the Reservation," with performance artists Guillermo Gómez Peña and James Luna. His recent, "The Journeys of Harry Crosby" premiered on PBS and Canal 22 (Mexico's Cultural TV). He's currently producing "Border Noir" about crime fiction writers in the region; directing "De La Torre Brothers: Artists On the Line" He's taught production and production at UCSD and USC.

05/08/2024

Filmmakers, Students and General Public Invited (FREE ADMISSION!) Saturday May 11, 1 - 4PM. PLEASE SHARE.
Attend and participate in this unique event with filmmaker Isaac Artenstein at A Reason To Survive (ARTS) in National City sponsored by Far South Border North's Artists & Cultural Practitioners in the Community. Admission is Free. ARTS is located at 200 E 12th St in National City. To Learn More: FARSOUTHBORDERNORTH. COM / CINEWEST.NET
Screening and Discussing of Selections from:
• Border Noir
• De la Torre Brothers: Artists on the Line
• The Journeys of Harry Crosby
• Tijuana Jews
Isaac Artenstein is a filmmaker and educator who grew up in Tijuana and Chula Vista; studied at UCLA and received his BFA from Cal Arts. He founded Cinewest to create documentaries and indie features focusing on the border and Latin America, such as "Break of Dawn" which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Artenstein also produced the comedy "A Day Without a Mexican" and created internationally aired documentaries such "Ballad of an Unsung Hero" and "The Hidden Jews of the Southwest."
A founding member of the Border Arts Workshop, he produced and directed "Border Brujo" and "Christmas at the Reservation," with performance artists Guillermo Gómez Peña and James Luna. His recent, "The Journeys of Harry Crosby" premiered on PBS and Canal 22 (Mexico's Cultural TV). He's currently producing "Border Noir" about crime fiction writers in the region; directing "De La Torre Brothers: Artists On the Line" He's taught production and film history at UCSD and USC.

04/29/2024

Fillmakers, Students and General Public Invited (FREE ADMISSION!) Saturday May 11, 1 - 4PM.

04/26/2024

NALAC FUND FOR THE ARTS: Thank you National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures for supporting my work exploring border arts and culture in film and documentary! Stay tuned for new projects and workshops.

04/23/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1WbQmex4Gc

Film Directed By Piero F Giunti & Doug BlushProduced by Native Sons Films

04/15/2024

Original Border Arts Workshop members at the TJ - San Diego Border, Friendship Park installation, 1985. Bottom: Sara Jo Berman, Guillermo Gómez Peña, Victor Ochoa, Isaac Artenstein; top: David Avalos, Michael Schnorr and Jude Artenstein. Photo by Jay Dussard, from "La Frontera" by Allan Wiseman.

04/14/2024

Thanks to everyone who came out to our work-in-progress screening of DE LA TORRE BROTHERS: ARTISTS ON THE LINE at Bread & Salt last night!

04/12/2024

MASTERS OF GLASS; Join us of for a free work-in-progress screening of the new doc "De la Torre Brothers: Artists on the Line" THIS SAT April 13, 8PM at Bread and Salt, San Diego - 1955 Julian Ave, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA 92113

SEE AND SHARE THE TRAILER!

Trailer for De la Torre Brothers documentary by Isaac Artenstein ©2024 Cinewest.

04/10/2024

SCREENING THIS SATURDAY: Director Isaac Artenstein newest documentary focuses on the De la Torre Brothers, Einar and Jamex de la Torre, creating their multi-media art in Baja and San Diego. See the work-in-progress at THIS SAT April 13 at 8pm - 1955 Julian Ave, Barrio Logan, CA 92113 - FREE!

04/08/2024

See work in progress of new documentary, and engage in dialogue around Cross-Cultural Communication, Social Justice, Immigrant Rights, the Environment and Freedom of Expression. Saturday April 13, 8PM at Bread and Salt. Sponsored by Far South Border North. PLEASE SHARE !

03/31/2024

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/people/story/2024-03-30/new-director-of-centro-cultural-de-la-raza-taken-in-by-beauty-of-san-diego?fbclid=IwAR0VF6ZXlLZkScbHY7ILfUh9LCA0nvVeeeoMtNNOAJxJ0JCdLH7SOHxfIJk_aem_AWd13Ay5V4T5yChLQyl3IBnB64NGL8qN1fHF_f9OnJv8buUK_7Fgf7LfaoQwTtErI0EE0PqtdZn85kiAp5HefJ1G

Ana Hernandez is the new executive director of Centro Cultural de la Raza, an organization and space in Balboa Park working to preserve and promote Latino, Chicano, Mexican, and Indigenous art and culture

03/28/2024

03/24/2024

• Mujer de Maíz por "Guache"
Plaza de San Victorino - Centro de Bogotá

03/21/2024

https://sanantonioreport.org/de-la-torre-brothers-upward-mobility-exhibition-mcnay-art-museum-san-antonio/?fbclid=IwAR1fNG0M7XmnPHSc0dX7pCCVP9fY-j83HcGWDJUTQgGj_cx9Muu62HaeZso

The de la Torre Brothers present a plethora of ornate installations criticizing capitalism in "Upward Mobility," opening Friday at the McNay.

02/28/2024

https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/image/story/2024-02-27/at-the-edge-of-the-sun-jeffrey-deitch?fbclid=IwAR2G-yRjzzvj0qbBYP0rScwYcps_xDHe7lpG6zf0qUyZq2B8VWqJbFBuE0E

For the last decade, a community of artists have been in an evolving dialogue about what it means to make work in L.A. right now.

02/23/2024

Einar de la Torre (Mexican, b. 1963) and Jamex de la Torre (Mexican, b. 1960). Retro-Perspectiva - Colloidoscope Exhibit at the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa now !

02/20/2024

02/20/2024

Café de talega en El Mesón antes del taller...

02/20/2024