TYSONS, Va., Sept. 25, 2020
/PRNewswire/ -- Tony Jimenez,
Founder, President & CEO of MicroTech and a member of the
American Film Institute's National Council and Corporate Council,
has been selected to kick off AFI's Hispanic Heritage Month series
for AFI Movie Club by introducing the movie "El Norte." The series
is a focus on Latinx stories that will run each Friday for the
duration of National Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month. You can see
Tony's intro on Sept. 25 beginning at
10 a.m. PDT/ 1
p.m. EDT at AFI.com/MovieClub.
Also, on Sept. 25, the historic
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, MD, is launching its 31st
edition of the AFI Latin American Film Festival. The festival is
one of the largest and longest-running showcases of Latin American
cinema in the United States and
has been re-imagined this year as a vibrant virtual showcase. This
year's wide-ranging selection of films spans international festival
favorites and award winners, local box-office hits and dynamic
debuts from a new generation of Latin American filmmakers. The
majority of films in the festival will be available to view online
from anywhere in the United
States. For tickets and more information, visit
AFI.com/Silver/LAFF.
About AFI Movie Club
AFI Movie Club is a newly
launched program to raise the nation's spirits by bringing artists
and audiences together – even while we are apart. AFI selects
iconic movies for the world to watch together, creating a communal
viewing experience. Audiences can "gather" at
//AFI.com/MovieClub to view the featured movie with the use of
their preexisting streaming service credentials. Launched on
March 31, AFI Movie Club's first
selection was THE WIZARD OF OZ, announced by Steven Spielberg. Tony
Jimenez joins the following special guests that have
introduced AFI Movie Club film titles since the launch: J.J.
Abrams, Halle Berry, Jessica Biel, Jack
Black, Kenneth Branagh,
Millie Bobby Brown, Hanelle
Culpepper, Robert De Niro,
Benicio del Toro, Lena Dunham, Cynthia Erivo, Morgan Freeman, Jeff
Goldblum, Hugh Grant,
Taylor Hackford, Jon Hamm, Eva
Longoria, Helen Mirren,
Demi Moore, Elisabeth Moss, Mira
Nair, Brad Pitt, Natalie Portman, Issa
Rae, Eddie Redmayne,
Emma Roberts, Sarah Silverman, Alicia
Silverstone, Sharon Stone and
Kerry Washington.
About MicroTech: MicroTech, a U.S. Department of Veteran
Affairs Verified and Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small
Business (SDVOSB) and National Minority Supplier Development
Council (NMSDC) certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs), has
had noteworthy success since its inception in 2004. Under
MicroTech's outstanding leadership, the privately-owned company has
experienced exponential growth over the years and is repeatedly
recognized as a small business success story. Regularly
described as the "hottest Hispanic business in the nation,"
MicroTech was ranked as the #1 Fastest Growing Hispanic Company in
the Nation for three consecutive years by Hispanic Business
Magazine. MicroTech was also named one of the Top 10 Fastest
Growing Hispanic-Owned Companies in the Nation for five consecutive
years.
MicroTech provides Infrastructure Services & Solutions,
Cyber Security Solutions, Cloud Computing, Telecommunications
Services, Technology and Professional Services, Network Systems
Integration, Research & Development, and Financial Services to
the Federal, State and Local Government Agencies, public sector, as
well as commercial enterprises. MicroTech is ISO 9001, ISO
20000, ISO 27001, ISO 20243 certified, and is CMMI Maturity Level 3
rated in both CMMI Services (CMMI-SVC) & CMMI Development
(CMMI-DEV). Follow MicroTech on Twitter, Facebook, and
LinkedIn.
About the American Film Institute (AFI)
Established in 1967, the American Film Institute is the nation's
non-profit organization dedicated to educating and inspiring
artists and audiences through initiatives that champion the past,
present and future of the moving image. AFI's pioneering programs
include filmmaker training at the AFI Conservatory; year-round
exhibition at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center and at AFI
Festivals across the nation; workshops aimed at increasing
diversity in the storytelling community; honoring today's masters
through the AFI Life Achievement Award and AFI AWARDS; and
scholarly efforts such as the AFI Catalog of Feature Films that
uphold film history for future generations. Read about all of these
programs and more at AFI.com.
Contact:
Jennifer Berman
703-531-9976
jennifer.berman@microtech.net
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