The Plaza Classic Podcast
The Plaza Classic Podcast is hosted by KVIA news anchor and three-time Regional Edward R. Murrow Award-winner Borderland Crimes podcaster Stephanie Valle and EPCC Mass Communication Professor Lisa Elliott. Valle and Elliott are members of the Plaza Classic Film Festival Program Advisory Committee. The podcast is produced in partnership with EPCC and the El Paso Community Foundation. Each episode features guests ranging from committee members to filmmakers who delve into a different aspect of the city’s No. 1 feel-good summer event, including this year’s schedule, the Local Flavor showcase, screenwriting competition, and more.
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Episodes
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Despite its name, the Plaza Classic Film Festival doesn't just screen classic films.
This year, a director who has been featured in Local Flavor will have their first feature-length film make its Texas premiere.
Ryan Rox, the director of Hidden Flora, joins podcast hosts Lisa Elliott and Stephanie Valle to talk about their film, which they also wrote. Flora takes an unflinching look at sexuality, sexual preference and their own sexual evolution.
Hidden Flora premieres on Saturday, July 27 at 7:30pm.
Individual tickets for this year’s Plaza Classic Film Festival are now on sale at the Plaza Theatre Box Office and Ticketmaster.
The podcast is brought to you by the El Paso Community Foundation and is sponsored by an El Paso Community College Professional Development Committee mini-grant.
Check out more show notes on the EPCC Library Research Guide: https://epcc.libguides.com/plazaclassicpodcast
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
The Goonies is just one of the many films programmed during this year's Plaza Classic Film Festival that is geared towards kids of all ages.
Advisory Committee member Kristin Trick joins hosts Lisa Elliott and Stephanie Valle to talk about The Goonies (1985), The Secret of NIMH (1982) and a very special screening at the brand-new children's museum in Downtown El Paso.
La Nube opens to the public in August, but those attending the showing of Curious George (2006) on Wednesday, July 24 at 8pm will get a sneak peek!
Individual tickets for this year’s Plaza Classic Film Festival are now on sale at the Plaza Theatre Box Office and Ticketmaster.
The podcast is brought to you by the El Paso Community Foundation and is sponsored by an El Paso Community College Professional Development Committee mini-grant.
Check out more show notes on the EPCC Library Research Guide: https://epcc.libguides.com/plazaclassicpodcast
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Academy Award winning actor and Texas native Sissy Spacek is the first announced guest at the 2024 Plaza Classic Film Festival!
Advisory Committee member Craig Holden joins hosts Stephanie Valle and Lisa Elliott to discuss Spacek's filmography, including Coal Miner's Daughter, which she is set to introduce on Saturday, July 27 at 7pm.
Holden -- himself a writer and producer -- also talks about the film he produced that will be screened at the festival.
Check out the film festival schedule: https://plazaclassic.com/schedule
The podcast is brought to you by the El Paso Community Foundation and is sponsored by an El Paso Community College Professional Development Committee mini-grant.
Check out more show notes on the EPCC Library Research Guide: https://epcc.libguides.com/plazaclassicpodcast
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Thursday Jul 04, 2024
Bueller? Bueller? Yeah, we know it's a trope to use that quote from Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
But podcast hosts Stephanie Valle and Lisa Elliott enjoy being corny, and they're really getting into talking about two more films being screened at this year's Plaza Classic Film Festival.
Advisory Committee member Rebecca Mendez joins them in studio to talk about Bueller and Amelie (2001).
Buy season passes to the Plaza Classic Film Festival, which runs from July 18-28, 2024: https://plazaclassic.com/tickets
The podcast is brought to you by the El Paso Community Foundation and is sponsored by an El Paso Community College Professional Development Committee mini-grant.
Check out more show notes on the EPCC Library Research Guide: https://epcc.libguides.com/plazaclassicpodcast
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
What's a better date than dinner and a movie?
That's the idea behind the Dinner and a Movie at the Plaza Classic Film Festival, which marks its third year with a screening of Moonstruck (1987), starring Cher and Nicolas Cage.
PCFF Advisory committee member Erin Ritter joins hosts Lisa Elliott and Stephanie Valle to talk about Moonstruck and the advent of the dinner and movie series.
Buy single/couple tickets to the Snap Out of It Dinner: https://plazaclassic.com/tickets
The podcast is brought to you by the El Paso Community Foundation and is sponsored by an El Paso Community College Professional Development Committee mini-grant.
Check out more show notes on the EPCC Library Research Guide: https://epcc.libguides.com/plazaclassicpodcast
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
Thursday Jun 20, 2024
The third Plaza Classic Film Festival Screenwriting Competition is accepting entries!
Hosts Stephanie Valle and Lisa Elliott are joined by Austin Savage, one of the competition's organizers, and Carrie Silva, who won the 2023 competition with her screenplay, "Best Dive in the 915."
Submit your screenplay through July 3. First prize receives $500 and second prize is $250. Go to https://plazaclassic.com/screenwriting for more information on how to enter.
The podcast is brought to you by the El Paso Community Foundation and is sponsored by an El Paso Community College Professional Development Committee mini-grant.
Check out more show notes on the EPCC Library Research Guide: https://epcc.libguides.com/plazaclassicpodcast
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Hosts Stephanie Valle and Lisa Elliott are joined by the first woman to win the Oscar ballot contest held among the Plaza Classic Film Festival Program Committee.
Keri Moe, an Associate Vice President with El Paso Community College, correctly guessed 19 of the 23 winners of the 96th Academy Awards.
She now has the distinction of selecting a movie to screen during the Plaza Classic Film Festival. She mulls over her choices, which range from Dumb and Dumber (celebrating its 30th anniversary of release!) to The 400 Blows.
Donate to the El Paso Community Foundation to sponsor the film festival: https://plazaclassic.com/donate
The podcast is brought to you by the El Paso Community Foundation and is sponsored by an El Paso Community College Professional Development Committee mini-grant.
Check out more show notes on the EPCC Library Research Guide: https://epcc.libguides.com/plazaclassicpodcast
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Hosts Lisa Elliott and Stephanie Valle are talking Local Flavor, the Plaza Classic Film Festival's showcase of locally made and connected films. Filmmakers will vie for $3,650 in cash awards — including new awards for student films!
They're joined by festival program director Doug Pullen, who lays out how the showcase works, and Josh Pulido, an El Paso filmmaker whose submission “The Film Cafe” won Local Flavor’s $1,000 second prize in 2023. It was also chosen as the audience favorite, which came with another $250 purse.
Read how to enter Local Flavor: https://plazaclassic.com/localflavor
The podcast is brought to you by the El Paso Community Foundation and is sponsored by an El Paso Community College Professional Development Committee mini-grant.
Check out more show notes on the EPCC Library Research Guide: https://epcc.libguides.com/plazaclassicpodcast
Thursday May 30, 2024
Thursday May 30, 2024
Hosts Stephanie Valle and Lisa Elliott are joined by fellow Plaza Classic Film Festival Program Advisory Committee member Jaime Mendez.
Mendez, an administrator at UTEP, is also an avid film fan and created the committee's Oscar ballot contest. He explains how the winner of the contest (historically, him!) is able to pick a movie to screen during the fest, and which films have been a product of the Oscar competition.
Buy season passes to the Plaza Classic Film Festival, which runs from July 18-28, 2024: https://plazaclassic.com/tickets
Check out more show notes on the EPCC Library Research Guide: https://epcc.libguides.com/plazaclassicpodcast
The podcast is brought to you by the El Paso Community Foundation and is sponsored by an El Paso Community College Professional Development Committee mini-grant.
Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
Welcome to The Plaza Classic Podcast! The brand-new podcast pulls back the curtain on the El Paso Community Foundation's annual Plaza Classic Film Festival.
Hosted by PCFF’s Program Advisory Committee members, KVIA News anchor Stephanie Valle and El Paso Community College Mass Communications Professor Lisa Elliott, the podcast will be released each week through the festival, which runs July 18-28, 2024.
Program Director Doug Pullen joins the hosts to talk about the festival's origins, what's in store for 17th annual festival, including the return of the fan favorite Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Learn more about the festival at https://plazaclassic.com/
The podcast is brought to you by the El Paso Community Foundation and is sponsored by an El Paso Community College Professional Development Committee mini-grant.
Check out more show notes on the EPCC Library Research Guide: https://epcc.libguides.com/plazaclassicpodcast