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A Dominican Actor-Filmmaker Launches a London Company for Latin American Stories

A new production company, Peanuts Entertainment, has launched in London with a remit its founders describe as developing culturally rooted Latin American stories for international audiences. It is the creation of Amílcar Franco, a Dominican actor-filmmaker and graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. A company built around a region's stories but aimed at a global audience is a specific kind of pitch, and it is the kind that gets judged by which audience actually shows up.

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The phrasing — culturally rooted Latin American stories, made for international audiences — points at two audiences at once.

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Then the live question is which of the two gets to define success.

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Variety Film ↗Peanuts Entertainment, London-Based Production Company Focusing on Latin American Stories, Launches With Mirabal Sisters Feature ‘Alive in Their Garden’ (EXCLUSIVE)