Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has acquired North American VOD rights to the Mexican-American-focused Latino documentary American Homeboy (IMBD page here). The film will be available to rent/own on all North American digital HD internet, cable, and satellite platforms starting on October 15th, 2024. Directed by prize-winning writer Brandon Loran Maxwell, American Homeboy uses AI technology to restore rare archival footage and explore the origins of pachuco culture against the backdrop of two wars and the Civil Rights Movement. The film, which traces pachuco and cholo culture as it transcends government discrimination through the decades to become a pop culture phenomenon, draws from rare interviews shot on 5K with leading...