Patricia Velasquez Talks About Her Latest Film, Guys Reading Poems

Guys Reading Poems tells the story of a resourceful boy creatively uses poetry to survive when his mother, a disturbed avant-garde painter, locks him in a puppet box and builds an art installation around his imprisonment. The Advocate's Daniel Reynolds recently spoke with out supermodel and and actress Patricia Velasquez, who plays the mother.

The film will have a one-week special engagement beginning today at Arena Cinelounge, 1625 N. Las Palmas Ave., Los Angeles. Members of the cast and the creative team are scheduled to appear at screenings. Visit ArenaScreen.com for tickets and GuysReadingPoems.com for more on the film.