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Fashion Blog Talk With Tami Reed

October 2020

WABE FM 90.1/NPR Radio Interview

September 2020

4-Star Movie Review by IndyRed

4-Star Movie Review from UK Film Review

August 2020 Issue

Footwear Plus

August 2, 2020

Sheen Magazine features “High On Heels” Film

July 16, 2020

Voyage ATL features: Adelin Gasana

“…it’s about playing the long game. I learned to take the careful opportunity along that unsmooth road to craft my skillset and hone in my talent for the opportunity to show what I am capable of delivering in a small project or big production…”

July 9, 2020

Hello Beautiful Article on “High On Heels” Documentary

“…Film director, Adelin Gasana, has perfectly captured the feeling that a sleek high heel brings women in his new documentary, High On Heels. The 45-minute piece explores this popular accessory that women have come to experience, know and love as an international fashion staple that’s evolved over the years…”

June 2, 2020

KISS 104.1 FM “The Morning Groove”

Radio Show Interview

Atlanta’s KISS 104.1’s “The Morning Groove” radio show for interviewing Director Adelin Gasana and Producer Lola Kay on their recently released documentary film, High On Heels.

June 2020 Issue

Ms Heel Magazine

May 26, 2020

Atlanta Journal Constitution – Why ‘High On Heels’ will change your shoe game

“…Shoes are more than an accessory. Shoes have stories of accomplishment, challenge, transformation. And memory. For Gasana, they proved the perfect subject for his newest documentary, High On Heels shot exclusively in Atlanta. It is as fierce and powerful and sexy as its subject. In just 45 minutes, the documentary explores the history of high heels, style trends, and women’s relationship with them. It is told through the eyes of shoe designers, dancers, fashion bloggers, models, doctors and everyday women…”

January 11, 2020

Q&A at 2020 Miami Fashion Film Festival

Documentary filmmaker Adelin Gasana answers questions at the 7th Annual Miami Fashion Film Festival. The Q&A forum followed the showcase of the world premiere of High on Heels, a documentary on how and why high heeled shoes is an experience for women.

May 19, 2018

The Black Doll’s Royal Wedding Watch Party captures 40 Black Dolls enjoying Prince Harry’s and Meghan Markle’s marriage ceremony on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

December 18, 2013

Raw footage of independent filmmaker Adelin Gasana and his crew being bombarded by Creflo Dollar’s World Changers Church International security team and employees in The Bronx, New York as on-camera, man-on-the street interviews was being conducted for an upcoming documentary.

March 17, 2013

Introduction commentary from Adelin Gasana, director/producer of the independent documentary film, “Cuban America” for the University of Florida audience.

April 13, 2012

Antisteez

Cuban America is an expository piece on the sociopolitical reality of Miami-Dade County.In laymen’s terms? Basically the major influence loud and determined Cubans – such as my balsy, gangsta grandfolks and their descendants – have made on this beautiful city of ours.

For two and a half years Adelin Gasana has independently written, directed, and produced the film. It essentially documents the 50-year-story of the of the Cuban-American immigrant community that literally took over and conquered the Greater Miami region. The 96-minute film covers all the elements of the varying Cuban experience, including the more taboo topics such as race relations and discrimination among Cubans within the Cuban community itself.

Antisteez channeled its inner “Pepe Billete,” and sat with the maker of the project to pick his brain on the issue and find out more about what brought him to this topic. Continue →

November 2012

UVU Video

uVu covered a special FIU screening of “Cuban America.” For the past 50 years the Cuban immigrant group has established a historical importance, political significance, and economic influence in the city of Miami. Through interview with Cuban American students, lawyers, professionals, teachers, entrepreneurs, politicians, activists ,authors, public intellectuals, academics, artists, and more, the film explores how this unique group shaped a sleepy, tourist town into a major metropolitan community and urban environment. Continue →

November 22, 2011

Documentary details Cuban history in Miami

“The Beacon”
Student newspaper of Florida International University

pg. 5-6

“…new documentary film, “Cuban America”…made by Adelin Gasana. It explores the Cuban-American diaspora and its effect on the city of Miami, and delves deep into Cuban-Amer-ican society and culture through interviews with countless Cuban-Americans, all from different walks of life…”