Take home Celia on DVD

Dear readers, it gives us incredible pride to announce that the ground-breaking, breathtaking artistry of Celia: The Queen, the documentary of Celia Cruz's life starring Celia, David Byrne, Quincy Jones, Willie Colon, Wyclef Jean and Gloria Estefan is now on DVD and available on Amazon.com , just click on the link for the page. Directed by ñ BFF's Joe Cardona & M. De Varona - (and associate produced by ñ's own billy teck. Ahem! Excuse me.) This is a source of joy, pride and damn it's a great movie. Get yours now by clicking on the pic. The toast of The Miami Film Fest (5 sold out shows!) it also appeared at the Tribeca film fest (3 sold out shows), Sao Paolo, Rio, Los Angeles, Madrid and Tokyo film fests. Below: A trailer

Freedom Flights: A new Cardona Doc airs on Channel 2 Thursday

Joe Cardona's new doc on the Freedom Flights airs on Thursday the 28th. 8pm on Channel 2 - It's hard to believe that in the telling of the various stories of Cuban Exile, we've never told this touching and important one through video. Click on the pic for a preview, or just click here.

Joe brought us Cafe con Leche, Adios Patria and this year's Celia: The Queen.
My Suitcase Full of Hope , his new documentary on the freedom flights which brought 265,000 Cubans and many of our parents to freedom airs this Thursday at 8pm on Channel 2.

Celia premiere on ñ life and on the mainpage

A few more pics of that great night. A party at YUCA - 5 sold out shows, as co-director & KIE founder Joe Cardona addresses the crowd.

Celia The Queen Premiere at Tribeca Film Fest - NYC

Celia played on sat night and Sunday afternoon where it screened at the Tisch School where they film inside the Actor's studio. Here's some pics from the premiere from Getty Images. Below, The films producers Antonio Gijon & Gabriel C. Mena with Co-Director Joe Cardona - Mr. & Mrs Johnny Pacheco - Pacheco (The Coolest Man of All Time) and Celia Co-Director Joe Cardona share a laugh - American Idol star Christina Christian and Co-Director Mario de Varona, (Christian plays the young Celia in a Vignette).






Below: Jose Vazquez who was the director of photography on Celia and has shot most of KIE's films, (also the man responsible for me running shirtless in slo-mo in Bro) looking pretty dapper - - Narciso Rodriguez (who designed many of Celia's dresses) does the media line at Tribeca - Celia the Queen's directors Cardona & De Varona.





You can view the small pics of afterparty at Indochine and other thumbnails at Wireimages. Both Getty and Wired offer services for downloading these pics for print or web use for media professionals or the average peep.

Saturday Night - New York City.

Joe, Mario, Michelle's labor of love premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival. It's been a long time comin'. Props to G. Mena and Antonio Gijon as well. Here we go.

All people need a queen.

Thanks for telling her story.

ñ is proud of all of you.

Celia Cruz doc at Tribeca

About 10 years ago Celia Cruz herself handpicked my friends Joe Cardona, Mario de Varona and Michelle Zubizarreta to tell her story. And they spent the next years filming (not videoing-filming) her story - interviewing everybody from David Byrne of Talking Heads to Johnny Pacheco, from Quincy Jones to Wyclef Jean to Willy Colon.

They filmed her concerts, her fans, her family. I'm so proud of my friends at KIE films as their film has been accepted in Robert DeNiro's prestigious Tribeca Film Festival. Check the trailer and site here.

These are the gang that made everything from Cafe Con Leche to last summer's White Elephant. For this picture they added the killer combo of Producer Gabriel C. Mena and Exec Producer Antonio Gijon. Prop, kudos congrats to all. That trailer is amazing. The press release is here.