{"id":1184,"date":"2017-05-02T19:08:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T19:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2017-05-02T19:08:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T19:08:43","slug":"marlene-forte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/?p=1184","title":{"rendered":"Marlene Forte"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marlene Forte Makes Directorial Debut With The Short Film \u201cFamilia\u201d
\n<\/strong>By Mona Elyafi<\/p>\n

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Marlene Forte is one of those rare talents whose dedication continues to set a standard in Hollywood. Named one of Hispanic Lifestyle\u2019s 2017 Latinas of Influence, Forte is now readying to step behind the camera and direct her first film ever, the short entitled \u201cFamilia\u201d, shedding light on what it\u2019s like to be transgender in the Latino community. Familia is a love story centered around a Dominican Transgender woman, whose kindness is taken advantage of by those she opens her heart to – including her married lover and immediate family.<\/p>\n

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While asking the questions: where do you find love? And how does one define \u201cfamily\u201d, Familia also zooms in on the transgender issue in a very macho Latin culture. Familia stars Kase Pena who wrote the script loosely based on her own real life experience, and stars David Zayas famously known for his role as Lt Angel Batista in the HBO hit drama series Dexter.<\/p>\n

Forte will step behind the camera this summer to make her directorial debut on this short \u2013 a project that is very close to her heart.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Marlene Forte is breaking barriers.<\/p>\n

She continues to be an inspiring female daredevil and trailblazing local voice in her community.<\/p>\n

With each character and role she takes on, Marlene Forte is refining a formula of proving Hollywood wrong by continually breaking through Hollywood\u2019s stereotypes when it comes to older women and carving a niche for the Latino community by tearing down the walls of \u201cethnic minorities\u201d.<\/p>\n

She currently co-stars on Fox\u2019s drama series \u201cAPB\u201d, NBC\u2019s \u201cSuperstore\u201d opposite America Ferrera, as well as Netflix\u2019s much talked about \u201cAltered Carbon\u201d. These are three top shows where the # 2 on the cast list are young Latina actresses, and Forte plays their mother in all three series.<\/p>\n

As we continue to fight diversity and gender equality this says a lot about where we\u2019re moving, not just on the small screen but in real life too.<\/p>\n

After Decades in the industry, Forte is one of those familiar faces to which you\u2019d have trouble putting the name. Yet you\u2019ve seen here everywhere simply because she\u2019s played them all. In fact, her work reads like the ultimate directory of television & film.<\/p>\n

Of course, her recurring role in TNT\u2019s re-launched \u201cDallas\u201d playing Carmen Ramos, her role in \u201cThe Fosters\u201d, and her character Celia Flores in AMC\u2019s \u201cFear of the Walking Dead\u201d have made her even more recognizable.<\/p>\n

On the movie side, she played the transporter chief in the 2009 JJ Abrams’ “Star Trek” reboot and the unforgettable Pilar Brown in “Our Song” opposite Kerry Washington (“Scandal”). Marlene Forte’s Hollywood success story unfolds like a rags-to-riches movie script – it is a story that not only anyone can relate to, but also feel inspired from.<\/p>\n

When Marlene turned 30, she decided to become an actress. That’s a late start for most occupations; in Hollywood it’s nearly unheard of. But for Cuban born girl named for one of Tinseltown’s brightest stars (Marlene Dietrich) perhaps the journey was predestined.<\/p>\n

Forte opened and ran a video store for six years as sort of an “intense film education,” then she sold the place, took classes at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and snagged an adjunct spot at The Lab, where she shadowed such actors as Sam Rockwell and Philip Seymour Hoffman.<\/p>\n

And as the saying goes, the rest is history.<\/p>\n

Today Marlene Forte most definitely provides a shinning example of how women can \u201cmake it\u201d in Hollywood on their own terms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marlene Forte Makes Directorial Debut With The Short Film \u201cFamilia\u201d By Mona Elyafi   Marlene Forte is one of those rare talents whose dedication continues to set a standard in Hollywood. Named one of Hispanic Lifestyle\u2019s 2017 Latinas of Influence, Forte is now readying to step behind the camera and direct her first film ever, the short entitled \u201cFamilia\u201d, shedding light on what it\u2019s like to be transgender in the Latino community. Familia is a love story centered around a Dominican Transgender woman, whose kindness is taken advantage of by those she opens her heart to – including her married lover and immediate family.   While asking the questions: where do you find love? And how does one define \u201cfamily\u201d, Familia also zooms in on the transgender issue in a very macho Latin culture. Familia stars Kase Pena who wrote the script loosely based on her own real life experience, and stars David Zayas famously known for his role as Lt Angel Batista in the HBO hit drama series Dexter. Forte will step behind the camera this summer to make her directorial debut on this short \u2013 a project that is very close to her heart. This is not the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1381],"tags":[1388,1386,1389,1383,1387,1385,1382,1384],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1186,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions\/1186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}