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Founded in 2024, TerrazasCross Productions is a Los Angeles-based film production company devoted to creating theatrical motion pictures that reflect the rich cultural fabric of underrepresented communities. The company develops and produces family, PG, and R-rated films with a focus on uplifting, compelling stories of people of color. With an emphasis on production integrity and workforce equity, TerrazasCross Productions is committed to building meaningful cinematic experiences that inspire audiences worldwide.
presenting sunset junction
Log Line:
Amidst gang tensions and the LGBTQ+ movement of 1980s Los Angeles, Latino activist Andres finds unexpected love and purpose with Donald, an African-American man, while fighting to unify his community.
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The Story
Set in the vibrant, quirky, and turbulent neighborhood of Silver Lake in the 1980s, Sunset Junction is a coming-of-age story rooted in resilience, chosen family, and political awakening.
The film follows Andres, a twenty-something gay Latino man from East L.A., as he navigates identity, abandonment, and emotional vulnerability. Though he’s accustomed to dating without commitment, Andres’s journey toward healing begins when he meets Donald, an African-American man whose steady friendship becomes a lifeline through personal and political upheaval.
As their relationship deepens, Andres confronts the pain of his mother’s absence and his father’s emotional distance, discovering, at last, the courage to accept love and offer it in return. Donald becomes not just a romantic partner, but a steadfast ally, helping Andres stand stronger in his fight for unity and visibility.
As Andres grows into his purpose, he helps unite Silver Lake’s LGBTQ+ community, Latinos, and local gangs to organize the Sunset Junction Street Fair, a bold act of resistance against gay bashing and a public demand for space and dignity. When the LAPD shuts down the fair, Donald secures the deciding vote on the City Council, paving the way for a district that centers queer voices and reclaims ground for those long pushed to the margins.
Held annually from 1980 to 2010, the Sunset Junction Street Fair drew over 200,000 attendees across several blocks of Sunset Boulevard. This rich legacy provides the backdrop for a story that honors cultural memory, celebrates chosen family, and dares to imagine a world where love becomes a form of resistance.
The film follows Andres, a twenty-something gay Latino man from East L.A., as he navigates identity, abandonment, and emotional vulnerability. Though he’s accustomed to dating without commitment, Andres’s journey toward healing begins when he meets Donald, an African-American man whose steady friendship becomes a lifeline through personal and political upheaval.
As their relationship deepens, Andres confronts the pain of his mother’s absence and his father’s emotional distance, discovering, at last, the courage to accept love and offer it in return. Donald becomes not just a romantic partner, but a steadfast ally, helping Andres stand stronger in his fight for unity and visibility.
As Andres grows into his purpose, he helps unite Silver Lake’s LGBTQ+ community, Latinos, and local gangs to organize the Sunset Junction Street Fair, a bold act of resistance against gay bashing and a public demand for space and dignity. When the LAPD shuts down the fair, Donald secures the deciding vote on the City Council, paving the way for a district that centers queer voices and reclaims ground for those long pushed to the margins.
Held annually from 1980 to 2010, the Sunset Junction Street Fair drew over 200,000 attendees across several blocks of Sunset Boulevard. This rich legacy provides the backdrop for a story that honors cultural memory, celebrates chosen family, and dares to imagine a world where love becomes a form of resistance.
WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT SUNSET JUNCTION?
- Cultural Tensions and Unity: Sunset Junction captures the volatile yet vibrant intersection of gangs, the LGBTQ+ community, local businesses, police, and politicians in 1980s Silver Lake. Through acts of resistance and reconciliation, the film weaves a story of courage, empowerment, and radical love, where unity becomes both a survival strategy and a vision for collective liberation.
- A Journey of Self-Identity: At the heart of the film is Andres’s deep personal transformation. His journey explores the complexities of sexuality, abandonment, and emotional vulnerability, as he learns to live authentically and embrace the possibility of real love. His activism is inseparable from his healing, each step toward community is also a step toward self.
- Based on True Events: Inspired by the real-life Sunset Junction Street Fair, which drew over 200,000 attendees annually from 1980 to 2010, and the successful effort to create a City Council district that centers queer voices and reclaims ground for those long pushed to the margins, the film honors a legacy of queer and Latino resistance. It speaks to those who seek stories of triumph for the underrepresented, where cultural memory becomes a source of strength, and love becomes a form of political power.
The Screenwriter/Director/Producer Conrado TerrazasCross
Point of View & Storytelling
Gay, Latino, Political Strategist, Community Advocate, Activist, and Mentor, whose current work shines unique light upon historical inclusion, and contemporary representation.
EDUCATION
- B.A. Chicano Studies, Pitzer College, Claremont Colleges
- MBA, Yale University
- MFA, USC Peter Stark Producing Program
career
- Decades of exceptional experience in Los Angeles politics, fundraising, entertainment production, development, marketing, community advocacy, theatrical direction, script writing, and film adaptation.
Previous Production Experience
- Executive Producer for Disney's Aladdin Dual Language Edition, 2017
- Beauty and the Beast, 2018
- Ten Minute play, Are You Gay or Latino, for the Brown and Out Play Festival 2018
- Sister Act 2018, and Arena, A House Musical, 2021-2022 at CASA 0101 Theater.
- Writer/Director, Documentary on California State Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D-26), 2024
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