William Hernandez

'RESTORATION' is a scene from the film FINALMENTE by co-writer, director and producer Richard Doran Ticho and features music from David Bennett Cohen. Co-produced by Orlando and William Tobon... this feature length film stars George Loukides, Allison Tartalia, Signey Hernandez and a cast of characters (and locations) from the city of Astoria, New York. Go to www.ticho.com for more information on FINALMENTE.

Jan. 10: David Hernandez, Jr., who had just begun an internship with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords five days earlier, and retired Army Colonel William Badger recall the critical moments after they rushed to aid the victims in Saturday's deadly shooting. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

The Poet Englestrom -- A haunting, thought-provoking tale of an eccentric, vagabond poet who traverses Manhattan's streets in search of one good reason to continue making art in violent, troubled times. He awakens each morning in his home, a large cardboard box, parked at the base of the steps of the New York Public Library, ready to start the day reciting his poetry to early morning passersby. His quest begins pushing his red wire shopping cart around the city. He regales students, winos, executives and secretaries with his musings about William Saroyan, ecology and even a violin rendition of Melancholy Baby. His poems seem strangely whimsical, but before long, we find them entering into a deeper reality. We are reminded that our universe is in danger of self-destructing. And, 'poets can t make oxygen!' Obsessed by his passion for Russian poetry and the suicide of his idol, Mayakovsky, he reaches out with wit and passion to the hearts of the people he meets on his journeys in his desperate search for life s meaning until a chance encounter with one of the greatest forces of nature itself helps him to tap the irrepressible spirit of man which changes everything. Originally written as a solo play by Alexander Weiss in one night, as he was the lion keeper at the San Francisco Zoo, it was adapted for the screen by Weiss, and directed by Francesca Rizzo. Englestr m is laced with an original, sophisticated, jazz score co-composed and arranged by Executive Producer/Actor, Al Sutton and Fernando Hernandez. (Official Selection) The Stepping Stone Film Festival, Chennai, India