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3 days ago
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Posted project update #18Checks in the Mail!
Post CommentWe have received checks from Evelyn Crews, Ronda Carson and former President of the PUSD School Board Albert Lowe! Their pledges put us over the $20,000 mark (though it will not show up on the site) with a week to go. Put on your thinking caps and forward the link to anyone you feel benefitted from the unique diversity of John Muir High School.
We need everyone's help if we are going to reach our goal and get this film made!
Thank you, thank you all!
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4 days ago
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Posted project update #17'GRINGOS AT THE GATE' PREMIERES!
Post CommentJust as we we finish the sound mix we heard that Gringos is going to open the Kicking and Screening Film Festival at the Tribeca Center in New York June 27th!
http://www.kickingandscreening.com/blog/kicking-screening-new-york.html
This will be the first of many screenings with West Coast Premieres (Northern and Southern California) and a Philadelphia screening happening over the summer.
As we get close to those dates Kickstarter pledgers who qualify will get tickets to the Premiers closest to their home address.
From all of us at the Gringos Production Team - THANK YOU!
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4 days ago
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Posted project update #17Meet Chuck
Or as most of us know him, Mr. Malouf. It would be hard to find a bigger supporter of John Muir High than Mr. Malouf. He arrived as a teacher in 1972 and only recently retired, but he is not resting. Besides being a fixture at Muir sporting events he also can be found at fundraisers and reunions. He spends hours volunteering with the Alumni Association and his big project is collecting the lost and forgotten sports trophies and awards (see below) . The next time you see him at a game or event, please be sure to thank him for his years of service.
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Posted project update #16The future of our schools.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/opinion/sunday/integration-worked-why-have-we-rejected-it.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rssPlease read and share! This is what our film is speaking too!
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Nancy Spangler 1 day ago
I read the article. Thanks for posting it. Actually my dad sent it to me first. I think Pablo's film is going to be spot on in terms of timing. I am going directly to my Muir friends to tell them about this venture. Posting on Facebook has shown to be ineffective. I hope some of you fabulous contributors will join me in reaching out to three more people.
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on May 18
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Posted project update #15A Mustang Tribute
Kevin McCabe ('81) made a generous pledge, not in his own name, but those of his fellow JMHS Mustang teammates - Ken Green ('81), Mike Matthews ('81), Dede Moore ('82) and Dennis Carr ('81) - that have passed away since graduation.
Below - Kevin at the recent memorial service for Mike Matthews posing with his classmates (L to R) Nancy Young, Cynthia Steffen and Robin Johnson. (that's Kay Anne Glenn Schlotfeldt getting in the action as well)
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Sarah Spear-Barrett on May 18
And this is why we all love McCabe! Thank you for thinking of our friends and memorializing them. Let's finish getting the backing we need! This film is important!
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Jim Johnson 7 days ago
Pablo -
I am very glad you are trying to do the film... {It’s a story that should be told - and film is one of the best mediums to do it in.} Be sure that you understand - and that the viewing audience that will be shown the movie - that you are as familiar as possible with what was going on in the 60"s at Muir, in Pasadena, California, and in deed the USA. It's easy to take for granted the effects and affects of the changes in "social-economic demographics”.
It is important that you’re presentation reminds the viewing audience- Best of luck, and hoping for a very good outcome from your efforts. Some times we Americans need to be reminded how America was started and why. And what are great strength’s are. We have many, and one of them is the Immigrant Advantage { http://tinyurl.com/3aj8g5v }. Most of Americans came from somewhere else - It does not matter whether you are first generation or 6th generation . If you are an American citizen - Then God Bless America. Immigrants come in all shapes, sizes, color, cultures, social-economic class, and they bring some good luggage and sometimes some bad luggage.
It was a very interesting time -
I was aware...although not nearly to the extent that Kathy and some others were... I think there was an effort on the parent’s part not to have us "kids" overly involved and distracted from the schoolwork and fun aspects of High School (sports, play-drama, music, “play government”, etc.). I am more aware now than then of how pivotal the years between 14 and18 - in high school are. I am more aware now, as I have gotten older of how special a time it was at John Muir High School - and who special and courageous a time it was for the Spangler’s and others who were willing (voluntarily) to use there resources and their families resources to provide a better life, a better educational opportunity, and just to seek some form of justice for those not in the position of privilege and power. I thank God that I live in America. There are many parts of the world where people are trying to provide their children a better opportunity at life - however if the persons who are not aligned with the ruling governmental powers at the time (if they are the wrong culture, wrong color, wrong gender, wrong social-economic class, wrong religion, wrong whatever) those not in the “in-crowd” then they are simply S.O.L. …And those are those parts of the world where the most anger and wars are going on. No one should take what we have in America for granted. There have been to many armed conflicts and wars over it. From our own revolutionary war to the current wars in the world today. Thank God for America, and for people like the Spangler’s and those who were the plaintiffs in the Pasadena law suit. Everyone should vote., its one of the most important aspects of being an American - Hey, has anyone seen or know about what’s happened to Gary Brown, Dennis Whan, or John Klemzack, The Clarks (Alex, Judy, Hampton, Nolan)? - Jim Johnson, JMHS68 - # 67 VFB.
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Posted project update #13JMHS DRUM CORP/SECTION PREMIUM!
Post CommentJust added, your choice of a t-shirt, baseball cap or knit beanie with the world-famous JMHS Drum Section Mustang logo. I will also be giving one item of their choice to anyone who has already pledged $100 or more! So you have not missed out. I would also like to open this premium to anyone who has already pledged less than $100. Just go back into the site and increase the pledge to at least $100 and you get your current premium PLUS a JMHS Drum Section t-shirt, cap or beanie!
Thank you all again for your continued support!
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on May 15
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Posted project update #12This project will live on after Kickstarter on Facebook!
Post CommentClick "LIKE" so we can build a lasting online community for this film!
Thank you again for your support!
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on May 15
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Posted project update #11In 1977 I was in Junior High...
... and my oldest sister Maria graduated John Muir High School. This is the cover of her Hoofbeats (yearbook). I remember liking it because you can not see faces or skin color... these are just Mustangs. A high schooler today is more likely to go to a school with a student body that is at least 70% the same ethnicity as themselves. There are white schools, black schools, latino schools and asian schools. In a photo of a senior class silhouetted on the beach today, it would not be hard to guess the ethnicity of the students. All you would have to do is ask where is that school? This was not the case for Muir for most of the 60s, 70s and 80's.
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on May 14
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Posted project update #10120 pledges from 17 different classes!
Post CommentThe Mustang Community has proven to be both passionate and generous in suport of our film! We have collected stories from almuni from the 50s to the 90s, each one telling us how great an impact going to John Muir High School was on their lives. If you would like to share your story, post it on our comments page, facebook or email it to pablo@arroyosecofilms.com. Please continue to forward the link to this project to your classmates, family and friends! Thank you!
Below: A photo of the 1975 Civil Affairs Commission.
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Los Angeles, CA
Pablo Miralles, John Muir High Class of 1982, is premiering his first feature documentary "GRINGOS AT THE GATE" looking at the US-Mexico divide as seen through their soccer rivalry at the 2012 Kicking and Screening International Film Festival June... view more
Thank you Mr. Malouf!