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Los Americans
Los Americans is an American web drama series starring Esai Morales, Tony Plana, JC Gonzalez, Raymond Cruz, Lupe Ontiveros, Yvonne Delarosa, Ana Villafane, and others. The pilot episode originally aired on May 26, 2011 in PIC.tv, was produced by One Economy and its director Dennis Leoni. This web drama series tells the story of a realistic and complex manner of a multi-generational family income Latino who lives in Los Angeles, California, which deals with issues that many families face today as teenage pregnancy, unemployment, cultural identity, and alcoholism. This Latin-American web series that reflect the drama of many Latinos adjust to this new culture involved.

Los Americans is a series depicting the history of the Valenzuela family and many American families, and immigrants from Latin America looking for new opportunities and in their desire to be accepted into this new culture to obscure its roots and deny their culture to be included in this new society. Lee as Leandro Valenzuela prefers to be called proclaims: "We are not Mexicans. Mexicans living in Mexico. We are Americans". In their process of adaptation, Lee (Esai Morales) the patriarch, Alma (Yvonne Delarosa) his wife, Paul (JC Gonzalez) his son and Jennifer (Ana Villafañe) his daughter must face different situations ranging from teen pregnancy, alcoholism, abortion, immigration, homelessness, childhood obesity, cultural identity, unemployment and others. All this reflects the problems faced by human beings especially when the challenge is to stop being second-class citizens in a country that refuses to accept them. Finally Lee and his family feel they do not fit into this new country which they are proud to belong and not to its former Latino culture and who have lost their language and many of the values that characterize but surely, must retake the course and they believe that in the end all these sacrifices will pay off. This situation is the same for many other immigrant families in the United States.

Cast

 * Memo as Raymond Cruz
 * Leandro Valenzuela as Esai Morales
 * Lucia Valenzuela as Lupe Ontiveros
 * Alma Valenzuela as Yvonne Delarosa
 * Paul Valenzuela as JC Gonzalez
 * Jennifer Valenzuela as Ana Villafañe
 * Tre as Jovan Armand
 * Ariel as Valerie Rose Curiel
 * Pilar as Bibiana Navas

Production
"Los Americans" was written and directed by series co-creator Dennis Leoni. Los Americans is brought you by The Public Internet Channel and One Economy Corporation. The series is written and directed by Dennis Leoni, who is best known for having directed Resurrection Blvd. for Showtime. The series features such well known actors as Esai Morales (Caprica, Jericho), Lupe Ontiveros (Southland, Family Guy), JC Gonzalez as Paul Valenzuela and Raymond Cruz (The Closer, Breaking Bad).

Leandro Valenzuela
Leandro or Lee is Esai Morales

Paul Valenzuela
Paul (JC Gonzalez) es Leandro's son.

Who is The Public Internet Channel (PIC.tv)?

The Public Internet Channel is a free site with videos and tools to help viewers live a better life. PIC.tv has a history of tackling tough social issues impacting our country, including the struggles of single moms, childhood obesity, gang violence and families struggling with cultural identity. Additionally, Los Americans like many of PIC.tv’s series feature populations underrepresented in the media.

Why PIC.tv is Producing Los Americans:
 * The Latino population is the fastest growing demographic in the United States growing more than 46% over the last decade and accounting for 16.3% of the population yet Latinos are underrepresented in the media.
 * According to NTIA’s Digital Nation Report, even after adjusting for income and other socio-economic characteristics Latino households lag white households in broadband adoption by 14 percentage points.
 * According to a recent Nielsen report (April 2011) while Hispanics spent 20% less time online than non-Hispanics, they stream video twice as much, which accounts for nearly 30 percent of their online activity.
 * The series offers a unique perspective on the Latin American experience and brings it to a platform that is increasingly being used to access programming.

Los Americans represents one of the fastest growing demographics in the United States in a realistic and complex manner that is seldom seen in the media today. While the series portrays some of the experiences unique to the Latino community, such as straddling two cultures, the series also shows that much of the family’s struggles can be identified with families from various socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds. This is a powerful series, dealing with real life issues that many of our viewers face and will help families and individuals from various backgrounds connect to life enhancing tools and resources.