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A Hero On Every Block
Soundtrack COMING TO CD in December of 2011!The film A HERO ON EVERY BLOCK is the story of an idea. That idea is HEROISM. The story is told through the lives of individuals who survived and thrived in the face of adversity. None of them would consider themselves to be heroes, and, yet, in the face of adverse circumstances, they all made the heroic choice. They were all victimized – some by their own behavior – but none of them became victims. A HERO ON EVERY BLOCK is a celebration of the heroic nature of ordinary people. There is, in fact, a hero in each of us.
In those who have yet to rise from victimhood to victory, a powerful force is ready to emerge. A HERO ON EVERY BLOCK provides dramatic inspiration for that victory.
ADRIAN MARINOVICH
Director/Producer
(1952 - 2011)Adrian Marinovich was born in Toronto, Canada. He has a BA degree in business administration from Loyola University, an MA in public administration from the University of Southern California, an MA in spiritual psychology and an MA in clinical psychology from the University of Santa Monica and a JD in law from Whittier College. He is a founding partner of Maas & Marinovich, Inc. (formerly Navarro, Maas & Marinovich), a law firm in Los Angeles, California.
As a psychotherapist, Adrian did his internship at the Department of Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and the Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic. He has conducted debt elimination workshops for government agencies including the Internal Revenue Service. He has also delivered personal empowerment lectures for private companies, religious groups, colleges, and high schools. He has a private practice in psychotherapy, coaching, and group counseling in Los Angeles. "A Hero on Every Block" is his first film.
CHRIS DEVCICH
EditorChris Devcich was raised in Manhattan Beach, California and graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz with a BA degree in Film Making and Digital Media. In his career as a freelance editor, his credits include sound editor for television commercials at Studio 11 and a major multimedia presentation for the Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois. Chris also teaches advanced classes on the use of Final Cut Pro and other professional film editing tools.
In addition to his work as a film editor, he is the owner of Bell Rang Records/Guido Corleone Productions. Chris has published his solo album “A Day in the Life” under his hip hop name Guido Corleone. He is a member of Luminaries, a popular 7 piece conscious hip hop band from Venice, California.
BASIL HOFFMAN
Production ConsultantBasil Hoffman is an American character actor. He was born in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Tulane University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He is best known for his work with distinguished film directors including Peter Bogdanovich, Richard Benjamin, Mario Monicelli, Peter Medak (four times), Carl Reiner (twice) and Alan J. Pakula (twice); Academy Award winners Delbert Mann, Stanley Donen, Blake Edwards, Steven Spielberg, Sydney Pollack, Ron Howard and Robert Redford (twice); and many others.
He has been a longtime private acting teacher and coach in New York and Los Angeles and a frequent guest teacher and lecturer at prestigious colleges and film schools including the American Film Institute; the University of Southern California; Confederation College in Ontario, Canada; and the Academie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts in Beirut, Lebanon. He was U.S. State Department Cultural Envoy to Lebanon in 2008. He is the author of the well known acting textbooks, “Cold Reading and How to Be Good at It” and "Acting and How to Be Good at It, with a foreword by Sydney Pollack.”
In May of 2010, Adrian did the work-in-progress private screening of A Hero On Every Block movie in Amarillo, TX, a hometown of one of the heroes - Matthew Coker. It was the only screening that Adrian was able to do before he started treatment for his brain cancer. The reviews that he collected on that trip added to the strength of his conviction to keep fighting the cancer no matter what. Adrian never shared his diagnoses with the audience. He did not want to take away from a birthday celebration of one of his Heroes.
Adrian asked the audience: "What did A Hero On Every Block movie inspire you to do?"Here are some of the answers:
"To inquire about people I see everyday and don't really know, to know what they do, what they are proud of and how they did it"
"To change my perspective on allowing stress to block my joy"
"To embrace life - its pain and joy - and share the experience"
"To keep getting up"
"The movie reminded me that my adversities made me strong and made me who I am. Keep on keeping on."
"To not look at someone as having a disability, but to look at them as a human being"
"To continue to appreciate my family, but voice it more"
"To give more of myself to others"
"To take a closer look at my inner person"
"To take a deep breath and listen"
"To be more appreciative of what I have"
"To look for the Hero in everyone"
"To be more thankful"
"To do the things I'd really like to do in my life"
"Look at all aspects of my life more positively"
People found this movie "Thought-provoking and inspirational". Every person in the audience could relate to one story or another: "I could see a bit of myself in all of them (heroes in the movie)."
The movie will be available for purchase on DVD on October 8, 2011. It has been a four-year long journey and its an incredible feeling to be able to share and continue Adrian's mission in the world
