The 2010 CMAP Youth Producer of the Year

      Todays Blog is about a local High School Dancer, CMAP Member, and the 2010 Youth Producer of the Year, Tommy Rodriguez.

Tommy has produced a feature film, Forgotten Hip-Hop, documentary about his world of B-Boy/Break Dancing in the South Silicon Valley. His film is premiering on June 3rd here at the CMAP Studio at 5pm. Some food and snacks will be served, and the movie will start at 5:45pm. See Tommy on our May Arts 101 TV Show.

      Tommy was inspired by the movie You Got Served, five years ago, and he has not stopped dancing since. His mentor is a local, original Break Dancer from the 80’s named David Gracia. David's dance crew, the Original Street Rockers, was the best of Northern California. Tommy says that ”[he’s] one of the guys, even though he is twice [his] age".

      Tommy has been at the CMAP editing lab every week working 3-5 hours each day on his video, and when he is not editing, he is out

shooting dance competitions on the weekend and lining up

interviews.  Tommy says that the hardest part of making this film

has been “having to get everywhere with all of [his] equipment, with out a license, and some times [he gets] to his location to shoot and it doesn’t even happen”. Video production is a hard game sometimes and it’s never the same think twice.

      We congratulate Tommy for his accomplishment, and we look forward to seeing his next production.  We know it will be twice as good.  Tommy says he wants to go out to the East Coast  “ cuz [he’s] seen all that the West Coast can offer [him]”.

Go, Tommy, Go !