Welcome back to another episode of the Hand Me Down Podcast! This week we have a very special guest…*drumroll*...South East LA’s very own Chris Carmona! Join Natalia & Alan in learning about Chris’s journey to become an independent filmmaker as he shares his many experiences trying to break into Hollywood as a Latino. The episode starts off with a quick check in by everyone, followed by a quick lore deep dive about Chris, as he and Alan talk about how they met. Later, Chris shares his experience participating in Team Oscar, which granted him the opportunity to be a part of the 87th Academy Awards ceremony in 2015 and meet a bunch of celebs! Chris then talks more about his $700 feature film “Bad Labor” (2018) and his mini-series for Mitù “Instant Crush” (2019). To top the episode off Chris shares a quick story about his hand me down! We hope you enjoy this episode!

Check out Chris on his socials:https://www.instagram.com/thechriscarmona/

https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisCarmona

https://evermar.wixsite.com/chris-carmona

Watch Bad Labor (2018) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXXNr_fbRQI&list=PL-OeNVn-3UKem7rGY-nyG-bhLtYcBXCCF&index=4

Watch "Instant Crush" (2019) here: https://youtu.be/742srSqUc4M?si=IXWwa_khSyb9BJas

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