Writer-director Augustus Meleo Bernstein is an exciting and much-needed new voice in the industry. His debut feature, At the Gates, is a timely narrative about the effects and horrors of deportation. Ana (Vanessa Benavente), a housekeeper from El Salvador, brings her teenage son Nico (Ezekiel Pacheco) to help her clean an affluent family’s Los Angeles home. But after someone rings the front gate, her employers, Marianne (Miranda Otto) and Peter Barris (Noah Wyle), inform them that immigration officers are searching for them and convince the pair to hide in a
Filmmaker Jake Foy is a multi-hyphenated storyteller and one of the most exciting emerging voices of this generation. He’s delivered nuanced and grounded performances in projects including Designated Survivor, Ride, and Wilderness. As a producer, director, and writer, he’s brought much-needed narratives to the forefront, which have impacted audiences on a global scale. His latest project, More Together, is a must-see musical short inspired by characters and music which have had a profound impact on his life. After years of best friendship, teenage Tom and Lucy finally surrender to spending
Kevian Kramer, an artist hailing from Asbury Park, New Jersey, rose to prominence for his extraordinary guitar skills and catchy tunes. He began his musical journey as a child prodigy under the mentorship of John Liedersdorf at Lakehouse Music, a place known for shaping talents like Bon Jovi, Lorde, and Brian Fallon. While his hit track “Fly” gained massive traction on TikTok, amassing six million views and over one million likes, it was only the beginning of his rise in the indie music scene, which also doubled his Spotify followers.
Pop Culturalist is excited to be partnering with Lionsgate to give away tickets to an advance screening of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes. All the details are below. Good luck! About the Film The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is the last hope for his failing lineage, the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol. With his livelihood threatened, Snow is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a