Kbooklover gave Jonathan LaPoma’s bestselling, award-winning novel UNDERSTANDING THE ALACRAN five stars, saying:
“The writing is engaging, with the right flow and a dose of dark humor to make it an enjoyable read that I would recommend.”
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Kbooklover Gives UNDERSTANDING THE ALACRAN Five Stars
June 15th, 2018A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES an Official Selection of Hollywood Film Fest
September 9th, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short script A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is an Official Selection of the 2017 Hollywood Independent Film Festival. This script has won 9 awards/honors and LaPoma’s 10 scripts have won 145 overall.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is based on a chapter of LaPoma’s novel UNDERSTANDING THE ALACRÁN.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES Official Selection of Neu World Film Fest
September 9th, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short script A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is an official selection of the 2017 Neu World Studios International Film Festival. This script has won 9 awards/honors and LaPoma’s 10 scripts have won 145 overall.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is based on a chapter of LaPoma’s award-winning novel UNDERSTANDING THE ALACRÁN.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES, Official Selection of EyeCatcher Film Fest
August 20th, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short script A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is an official selection of the 2017 EyeCatcher Film Festival. This is LaPoma’s 141st overall award/honor.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES Nominated for Best Screenplay at Oregon FF
February 28th, 2017Jonathan LaPoma’s short script A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is one of eight scripts nominated for “Best Original Screenplay” at the 2017 Oregon Short Film Festival. A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES follows an impressionable young man who struggles to make sense of the alternating good and bad advice he receives from a much older friend as they travel through the heart of Mexican drug territory on a cursed trip to a remote Pacific coast beach.
This script is based on a short story of the same name that appeared in the November 2014 issue of 34thParallel Magazine, and that short story is based on a chapter of LaPoma’s novel UNDERSTANDING THE ALACRAN, which will be published later this year.
A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES Advances in LA CineFest
November 12th, 2016Jonathan LaPoma’s short drama A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES has won its second award today, advancing to the semifinals of the 2016 Los Angeles CineFest. A SACRIFICE TO THE GOD OF THE BLUES is based on LaPoma’s short story of the same name which appeared in the November 2014 issue of 34thParallel Magazine, and that story is based on a chapter of LaPoma’s novel UNDERSTANDING THE ALACRAN. LaPoma’s ten scripts have won a total of 104 awards/honors in the last three years.