New York Latin Culture Magazine writes a featured article about Latin Four Plus (Read full article here.):
Marco Antonio Orsini’s documentary ‘Latin Four Plus,’ an inspiring true story about how five Puerto Ricans lived their dreams as Korean pop sensations and never stopped dreaming; screens at the 2023 International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival (Ticket Block 8); at the Regal Essex Crossing in Manhattan’s Lower East Side; on Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 12pm.
We don’t take anything with us out of this life, except for the experiences we share with others. A few of us have the good fortune to share a lot. This is one of those stories.
The director Marco narrates the film which begins as several young Puerto Ricans are getting ready to ship off to Vietnam when the war was at its peak. Mario, an officer from San Juan, brings several Puerto Ricans together to sing in church. He then arranges to get them all posted to Korea instead of Vietnam.