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Blanco (white in Spanish) is an adjective often used in surnames. It may refer to:
Griselda Blanco (born February 15, 1943) is a former drug lord for the Medellín Cartel, and was a pioneer in the Miami-based cocaine drug trade and underworld during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Blanco was born on 15 February 1943 on the north coast of Colombia, and moved to Medellín when she was three years old. In the film Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin' with the Godmother, Blanco's former lover, Charles Cosby, recounts how Griselda, at age 11, allegedly kidnapped, tried to ransom, and eventually shot a child from the upscale flatland neighborhood near her hillside slum neighborhood. By her preteens, she had become a pickpocket, and at the age of 14 she ran away from her physically abusive mother and resorted to prostitution for a few years in Medellín, until age 20. She married her first husband, Carlos Trujillo at that time, and bore him three sons: Dixon, Uber, and Osvaldo.
In the mid-1970s, Blanco and her second husband, Alberto Bravo, emigrated to the United States, settling in Queens, New York. They established a sizable cocaine business there, and in April 1975, Blanco was indicted on federal drug conspiracy charges along with 30 of her subordinates, at that time the biggest cocaine case in history. She fled to Colombia before she could be arrested, but in the late 1970s she returned to Miami.
Actors: Joseph Nasser (producer), Danny Webber (producer), Jack Nasser (producer), Adrian Holmes (actor), Steve Austin (actor), Steve Bacic (actor), Jack Nasser (producer), Darren Shahlavi (actor), Michael Shanks (actor), Jerry Wasserman (actor), Michael Jai White (actor), Peter Bryant (actor), Peter Kent (actor), Michael Eklund (actor), Michael Richard Plowman (composer),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller,Actors: Jimmy Williams (producer), Christo Dimassis (actor), Luke Barnett (actor), Don Dunn (miscellaneous crew), Ben Rock (miscellaneous crew), Penka Kouneva (composer), Barry Papick (actor), Bobby Leigh (actor), Sarah Jeanne Mgeni (costume designer), Mario Martin (actor), Joe Chacon (actor), Michael R. Blaha (miscellaneous crew), Summer Still (actress), David N. Donihue (actor), Alicia Conway (producer),
Plot: Released from prison for lack of evidence in the death of his wife Chloe, musician Cain Nowak tries to move on with his life. However, Cain is still haunted by memories of how meeting music producer Nick Rose led to his wife's death, instead of his "big break." While drinking away his sorrows, Cain happens across the murder of a pregnant woman. The next day, Cain awakens to find himself in the very same prison cell from the day before. Unable to comprehend why he's reliving the same day over while everyone else is living it for the first time, Cain takes refuge in a bar, only to discover two men plotting the murder of the pregnant woman that very night. Recognizing he is trapped in an endless "time loop" but retaining information, Cain decides to intervene and stop the murder. As each attempt to save her life is thwarted, Cain's commitment escalates to the point of costing him his own life. However, even death cannot stop the day from repeating until Cain figures out why the murder of a stranger helps him move past the death of his own wife.
Keywords: one-word-titleActors: Jason Thomas (actor), Jason Thomas (editor), Jason Thomas (director), Jason Thomas (writer), Jason Thomas (producer), Geoff Burkman (actor), Garrett Wade (actor), Jody Reliford (actor), Aamir Sekou (actor), Jovan King (actor), Ronald Phillips (actor), David Lester (actor), Alisha Boykin (actress), Justin Stallings (producer), David Cooper (composer),
Plot: A gritty short about Jamal, a grieving father who becomes obsessed with his son's murder. This leads him to journey down the road of vengeance that ends with unthinkable consequences
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Angel García Crespo (producer), Angel García Crespo (producer), Angel García Crespo (writer), Angel García Crespo (director), Angel García Crespo (editor), Angel García Crespo (miscellaneous crew), Antonio Aznar (actor), Mercedes Álvarez (actor), Ana Isabel Chao Lindín (actor), Ana Belén Fuentes (actor), Ana García Armada (actor), María Antoni Martín (actor), Cristina Rodriguez (actor),
Plot: Seven persons, known only by the color of their clothes, are being hunted in some empty space by something willing to kill them. At nighfall they decide to rest; one of them has been wounded in a struggle with their persecutors. During the night, couples take turns to keep watch. During these watches, their true personalities star to show as well as the internal fights within the group for water, food, rest, leadership, etc. become visible. As the night goes on, one of the characters, Green, makes a proposal to Blue: there's a chance they can survive if they abandon the other five as bait for the enemy, while them two can run away. When the others wake up and realize that Blue and Green have left, they must face a dilemma: should they let the enemy catch them and kill them allowing the traitors to escape or...should they kill each other so the enemy carry on hunting the traitors?
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller,Actors: Andrija Zafranovic (editor), Robert Easton (miscellaneous crew), Ajay Mehta (actor), Christopher Mauldin (actor), Humberto Busto (actor), Ari Brickman (actor), Paul D. Boydston (miscellaneous crew), Andrea Cornwell (producer), Amelia Zapata (actress), Sathya Jesudasson (actress), Nikki Parrott (producer), Olga Alymova (miscellaneous crew), Mario Zvan (producer), Joceline Hernandez (miscellaneous crew), Shelley Conn (actress),
Plot: Tatjana dreams of escaping St Petersburg, and thinks she's found a man that can take her away. Meanwhile in Mexico City, Champinon struggles to find himself a girlfriend. In Los Angeles, Asha discovers her fiancé has been cheating on her, and in Kenya, Matthew struggles to break into Nairobi's burgeoning hip hop culture. The cast of characters react to the building pressure to create TRANSIT: Tatjana leaves Russia for Mexico City in search of her lover, and Asha for Nairobi to shoot a film for her graduation project. In their new locations our characters meet and our four stories become two when Tatjana finds Champinon and Asha finds Matthew. Love follows but their relationships are not as simple as they first appear, as we discover that all their stories are interlinked.
Keywords: aids, human-immunodeficiency-virus, kenya, los-angeles-california, mexico, mexico-city, nairobi-kenya, russia, st.-petersburg-russia, usaActors: Fernando Siro (actor), Adrián Suar (producer), Adrián Suar (writer), Adrián Suar (actor), Iván Wyszogrod (composer), Lidia Catalano (actress), Rita Cortese (actress), Jorge Rivera López (actor), Alejandro Parysow (editor), Alejandro Alem (editor), Lucrecia Capello (actress), Alberto Lecchi (director), Andrea Del Boca (actress), Rolo Puente (actor), Pablo Ini (actor),
Plot: Carmello, who is 30-years old and extremely shy, finds it difficult to reveal his innermost feelings to Verónica, his coworker. Carmelo's world collapses when he finds out that she intends to get married soon. Accidentally, she spots him demonstrating in a gay rally where he becomes a leader of that cause. Of course, Verónica assumes that Carmelo is gay, and he takes advantage of this misunderstanding to overcome his shyness and play a game of lies that will lead them to a most unpredictable ending.
Keywords: airport, argentina, mistaken-identity, pretending-to-be-gay, tongue-in-cheek-humor, tv-interviewActors: Gisèle Casadesus (actress), Hubert Deschamps (actor), Jacques Loussier (composer), Paul Le Person (actor), Fernand Ledoux (actor), Jean-Pierre Moulin (actor), Henri Serre (actor), Martin Provost (actor), Frédéric Andréi (actor), Clémentine Amouroux (actress), Claudine Barjol (actress), Michèle André (actress), Jean-Pierre Blanc (director), Monique Darpy (actress), Noëlle Hussenot (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Kurt Raab (actor), Ulli Lommel (actor), Ingrid Caven (actress), Herb Andress (actor), Peter Berling (actor), Mario Novelli (actor), Werner Schroeter (actor), Harry Baer (actor), Marquard Bohm (actor), Eddie Constantine (actor), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (actor), Rudolf Waldemar Brem (actor), Lou Castel (actor), Margarethe von Trotta (actress), Hanna Schygulla (actress),
Plot: On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. So the actors and actresses as well as the crew try to make the best out of the situation. When the director arrives the material is still missing and so they still wait and try to make the best out of the situation. When the material finally arrives all folks involved into the film find themselves in a weird situation. Jealousy, competition and despair are ruling. Nobody seems to be able to break through this atmosphere, so they all still try to make the best out of the situation, but this is probably not the way to finish the film.
Keywords: actor, actress, bar, bare-breasts, breaking-glass, cameraman, cigarette-smoking, cinematographer, dancer, dancingActors: Rafael Romero Marchent (actor), José Antonio de la Loma (writer), Ramon Quadreny (editor), André Valmy (actor), Ignacio F. Iquino (producer), Jacques Castelot (actor), Augusto Algueró (composer), Manuel Gas (actor), Barta Barri (actor), Luis Induni (actor), César Ojinaga (actor), Jesús Colomer (actor), Juan Lladó (director), Mercedes Barranco (actress), Mario Bustos (actor),
Genres: Crime,Actors: Otto Kruger (actor), Robert Livingston (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Roy Barcroft (actor), Kirk Alyn (actor), Jack Kirk (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Richard Arlen (actor), Kenne Duncan (actor), Bud Geary (actor), Jack George (actor), Leon Belasco (actor), George Humbert (actor), Eduardo Ciannelli (actor), Alphonse Martell (actor),
Plot: Deresco owner of a night club in neutral Portugal, works a free-lance spy for everybody who can afford his price. He tries to get information from US agent John Craig with help from immigrant dancer Maritza, but she falls in love with him. Craig becomes a special "guest" at Deresco's casino, but there you can't be sure of the occupation of everybody, as well as in their political intention...
Keywords: nightclub, spy, world-war-two