Writing Samples

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For Immediate Release:

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Who: Matt Sanford, Dave Kebo, Juan Escobedo, Froylan Cabuto

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What: Cannes Film Festival

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Where: Cannes France

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When: Thursday, May 14, 2008 through Sunday, May 25, 2008

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How: Producing Original Short movie; "Soy Soldado"

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Why: Promote the writing of author, Froylan Cabuto

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Pasadena California resident, Matt Sanford, helped produce a short subject piece to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes France. Sanford operated the camera for the short movie entitled, "Soy Soldado" or I am a Soldier. Entirely in Spanish, the four minute piece depicts an Iraqi War veteran struggling with the impact of the war. The horror of this experience has left him homeless. His psychological trauma is evident. Now all he can do is criticize the powers-that-be for making him a killer and kicking him into the streets once he is back home.

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Sanford and Juan Escobedo, who directed the production and played the part of the soldier, produced this visual poem after working on various other projects.

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Sanford and Escobedo are traveling to Cannes in support of their work during the May 14 to May 25, 2008 festival. "Soy Soldado" will be available for everyone to see during that time. Sanford and Escobedo hope others will be inspired to create a feature length movie from this short.

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This original media project was produced to promote the writing of Froylan Cabuto, Spanish Professor at Cerritos College, Norwalk California. The poem "Soy Soldado" is included in his book "Detras de la Cruz", Behind the Cross.

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Rounding out the collaborative effort is Dave Kebo, Media Editor, who's excellent editing brought this work to life in all its horror.

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For more information contact: Matt Sanford: mattssanford@yahoo.com

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