Siempre, Luis

Q&A Luis A. Miranda, Jr. and filmmaker John James with JBFC Board Member Dori Berinstein

2020. 95 m. John James. HBO Documentary Films. US. English. Rated NR.

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When Luis A. Miranda Jr. left Puerto Rico for New York City in the 1970s, he had big dreams. This inspiring film looks at the man who helped shape New York politics for over three decades, including his plan to provide relief efforts following Hurricane Maria’s devastation in Puerto Rico and his effort to bring his son Lin-Manuel Miranda’s production of Hamilton to the island.

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Q&A Luis A. Miranda, Jr. and filmmaker John James with JBFC Board Member Dori Berinstein

Monday, May. 23 2022, 7:00

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Luis A. Miranda, Jr. has almost four decades of experience as a leader in the public and private sectors. In the 1980s he was a special advisor for Hispanic Affairs to Mayor Edward I. Koch, and served as Director of the Mayor’s Office for Hispanic Affairs from 1987 to 1989. Luis, a founding partner of MirRam Group, has consulted on a number of successful political campaigns. He was part of the team that managed Hillary Rodham Clinton, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand’s successful campaigns for the U.S. Senate. Luis is currently the chairperson of The Broadway League’s Latino audience development program, Viva Broadway.

Dori Berinstein is a four-time Tony-winning Broadway producer, an Emmy-award-winning director, producer and writer of film and television. Dori’s most recent Broadway production is The Prom (Best Musical – Drama Desk Award), for which she partnered with Ryan Murphy on the Netflix adaptation. Dori is the Co-Founder and CEO of Broadway Podcast Network, the digital headquarters for top theatre podcasts, musical podcasts and plays, and virtual theatre-related programming.

This film is part of the Life on the Stage: Conversation and Film series.