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Forced Confessions of a Latino in Hollywood
SmileyBooks
September 2013
On Sale: September 16, 2013
256 pages
ISBN: 1401943128
EAN: 9781401943127
Kindle: B00EA8UESQ
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Non-Fiction Memoir
In Almost White, award-winning writer, actor, director,
comedian, playwright, and producer Rick Najera explores what
it means to be a Latino against the ever-changing backdrop
of his life as a Hollywood creative. A bona fide
chameleon, this L.A.-based everyman is “Mexican hyphen
American” or, as he wryly puts it, “almost white.” Recognized twice as one of the “100 Most Influential
Hispanics” by Hispanic Business Magazine, Najera has
worked with and mentored some of the biggest stars in
Hollywood, including Cheech Marin, Jimmy Smits, Mario Lopez,
Sofia Vergara, and many more. His funny, sad, and sometimes
dark memoir tells his story of breaking into mainstream
Hollywood, what it takes to struggle against typecasting,
and how to challenge the pessimistic narrative that Latinos
can only be disenfranchised victims in America. Driven by a satirical stream of consciousness, Najera’s
journey exposes universal lessons, from confronting the
limits we place on our imaginations, to the need to take
ownership of our stories instead of being mere performers in
another’s distorted vision, and the necessity of rising
every day to press forward—no matter what. “In the end,”
says Najera, “perhaps it will be the power of the people and
art, not politicians and politics, that will redefine the
Latino American dream.”
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