Evening of films Friday at Bridge ArtSpace

   RICHMOND - The Richmond Arts and Culture Commission and local filmmaker Hector Ortiz will present two short films Friday at the Bridge Storage and ArtSpace film studio, 23 Maine Ave., Richmond.
     The theme of the films is "The Upstanding Immigrant." The event runs from 7-10 p.m. A discussion of the films will follow the screening.
     Ortiz won a RACC mini-grant to complete his film, "Announcement." The film focuses on how the end of the DACA program impacts one Dreamer's family.
     A second short film, "The Perfect Immigrant" by local filmmaker Javier Lopez Quintana will be shown also. Quintana is submitting the film the Sundance project 1234 program,
    Ortiz's first film is one in a proposed series titled "In the Shadows" about the lives of undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
     He is a 2014 graduate of Contra Costa Community College's digital film program.
     For more information about the film, follow this link: Upstanding Immigrant.