Ozomatli & Beto Hale Team Up for Empowering Song “Tesoro”

Ozomatli is sharing a special treasure…

The Los Angeles band has joined forces with Mexican multi-instrumentalist Beto Haleto release the empowering song “Tesoro.”

Ozomatli & Beto Hale

The single fuses retro, alternative and jazz elements while touching on the theme of self-worth.

 “The song was a great collaborative effort about an important issue to Beto and us,” Ozomatli’s Raúl Pacheco said about the song. “The human drive for a better life is often shackled by laws that are inhumane.” With motivating lyrics like “my color doesn’t define me” and “no one can tell me what my value is … my heart is a treasure of the world,” the uplifting song becomes that self-love anthem the world needs. 

Mandoki to Direct Crime Thriller “Tesoro”

Luis Mandoki has discovered a new treasure…

The 62-year-old Mexican filmmaker is set to direct the crime thriller Tesoro, written by actress and producer Sandy Baumann.

Luis Mandoki

Tesoro is the touching story of a Mexican woman who risks her life to cross the U.S. border so she can earn enough money to afford a life-saving operation for her father and then finds her path home blocked by a deadly crime family.

The script was selected as one of 10 nationwide for the Latino Producers Academy and also advanced to the second level of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, as well as the Women in Film with Sundance Institute Film Intensive.

The cast will be announced next week.

Mandoki’s film credits include 2001’s Angel Eyes, starring Jennifer LopezWhen a Man Loves a Woman, with Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia; and Trapped.

He has Dancing with Sancho Panza in pre-production.