Magic City Memoirs is a coming-of-age drama written and directed by Aaron J. Salgado and starring Natalie Martinez

Natalie Martinez

Natalie Martinez is an American model and actress. Martinez is known as the spokesmodel for JLO by Jennifer Lopez, and for her supporting role in the 2008 feature film Death Race. She did a music video titled "Rain Over Me" by Pitbull featuring Mark Anthony. She has also appeared in several music...

, Dominik Garcia-Lorido

Dominik Garcia-Lorido

Dominik Cristina García-Lorido is an American actress known for playing roles in The Lost City as Mercedes Fellove and City Island as Vivian Rizzo who is the daughter of the character played by actor Andy García, also her real life father.-Early life:García-Lorido was born to Cuban-born American...

, and JR Villarreal. The title of the film refers to Miami, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

, where the story is set and where the film was shot. The film is produced by Jaydee Freixas, and executive produced by Academy Award nominated actor Andy Garcia

Andy García

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez , professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman...

.

Synopsis

In Miami, three lifelong friends, months away from high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 graduation

Graduation

Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as Graduands. The date of graduation is often called degree day. The graduation itself is also...

 indulge in reckless behavior that finds them on the brink of either their graduation or their mortality

Death

Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....

. These three friends are from very different backgrounds. Mikey Acosta is a star high school baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 prospect, while Angel is a whiz of a student as well as the son of a prominent Miami politician

Politician

A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

. Stok is the son of an incarcerated drug lord

Drug lord

A drug lord, drug baron or kingpin is the term used to describe a person who controls a sizable network of persons involved in the illegal drugs trade. Such figures are often difficult to bring to justice, as they might never be directly in possession of something illegal, but are insulated from...

. These three best friends attempt to navigate through their senior year amongst the pressures and temptations of the city.

Cast

Natalie Martinez

Natalie Martinez

Natalie Martinez is an American model and actress. Martinez is known as the spokesmodel for JLO by Jennifer Lopez, and for her supporting role in the 2008 feature film Death Race. She did a music video titled "Rain Over Me" by Pitbull featuring Mark Anthony. She has also appeared in several music...

 as Mari

Dominik Garcia-Lorido

Dominik Garcia-Lorido

Dominik Cristina García-Lorido is an American actress known for playing roles in The Lost City as Mercedes Fellove and City Island as Vivian Rizzo who is the daughter of the character played by actor Andy García, also her real life father.-Early life:García-Lorido was born to Cuban-born American...

 as Veronica Suarez

JR Villarreal as Mikey Acosta

Michael Cardelle as Angel Suarez Jr.

Andres Dominguez as Stok

Julio Mechoso as Alejandro Acosta

Nestor Serrano

Nestor Serrano

Nestor Serrano is an American film and television actor. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law.Serrano began his acting career in off-Broadway plays in the late 1970s. His first film was the 1986 Tom Hanks comedy The Money Pit...

 as Angel Suarez Sr.

Jordi Vilasuso

Jordi Vilasuso

Jordi Alejandro Vilasuso is a Cuban-American actor best known for originating the role of "Tony Santos" on the CBS soap opera, Guiding Light from August 2000 until August 2003....

 as Eric

Seth D. Miller as Jazz

Adam Senn as Charles

Katie Rotolo as Emily

External links

• http://www.filmiami.org/pdf/press_clippings/Jan2010/MH1-3-2010_Magic.pdf
• http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/daughter_of_the_don_zt5L4jjnQfu1p8dzbW3YyH
• http://www.282media.com/enlightfilms/d.pdf
• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vVuhHgFfhgM/S405g6AYGVI/AAAAAAAAAQM/96CmW_yg8rQ/s1600-h/Ocean+Drive-Andy+Garcia.jpg
• http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005335?refCatId=28
• http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_vVuhHgFfhgM/Ss_jGQgve3I/AAAAAAAAAN0/gVR94MXTevg/s1600-h/jdjpeg.jpg