The Other Barrio

The Other Barrio
Directed by Dante Betteo
Produced by Dante Betteo
Lou Dematteis
Frank Simeone
Screenplay by Dante Betteo
Richard Montoya
Story by Alejandro Murguia
Starring Veronica Valencia
Richard Montoya
Geoff Hoyle
Music by Greg Landau
Cinematography Andrew Crighton
Production
company
SF Noir
Release dates
  • February 8, 2015 (2015-02-08) (San Francisco Independent
    Film Festival)
Running time
96 minutes
Country United States

The Other Barrio is a 2015 neo-film noir directed by Dante Betteo, co-produced by Lou Dematteis, and based on the short story "The Other Barrio" by Alejandro Murguia. The film's premiere will take place on February 8, 2015 at the Brava Theater in San Francisco. The East Coast premiere will be at the Independent Film Festival in Washington DC on February 26, 2015.

The film stars Veronica Valencia, Richard Montoya, and Philip Kan Gotanda.

Cast

Plot

San Francisco housing inspector Bob Morales (Montoya) as he investigates the suspicious circumstances of a fatal fire in a residential hotel in San Francisco's Latino Mission District and finds himself face to face with corruption at City Hall and the mysterious Sophia Nido (Valencia), a beautiful woman from his past.

This film, based on a story by San Francisco Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguia, addresses issues around gentrification and displacement of low-income communities. The film is based in part on the December 1975 fire at the Gartland Apartments at 16th and Valencia Streets in San Francisco.

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