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LATINOBUZZ: How important is ‘Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones’ for Latino filmmaking?
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If I do what I love, work night and day, and I’m open to the spirits. But the power of belief, of God is beyond what mere mortals can Imagine. RICHARD: Ha! It’s ludicrous to even say it in the same line:) Well, that’s what we are taught to believe and that’s what I would have stated when I was sitting in a cell. LATINOBUZZ: Is it crazy to think that you would be a part of a blockbuster film franchise when you were facing 35 years to life? Which is bull-shit because the whole world is going through problems, were all suffering together, people are just too blind to see. People think others that come from gangs, poverty, drugs are below them. ‘Majority of “minds” are warped into the belief of the only person worth helping is themself. I believe ‘organizations’ like these are always in jeopardy because what we are taught in this sickening world (“Society”) is “greed” and we as people are not one. Of course other things play a factor on this amazing journey I’ve gone through, but if there was no Father Greg there would be nothing. He is the reason why I was given this second chance. RICHARD: ‘Homeboy Industries’ is a great organization but beyond that, it is Father Greg. LATINOBUZZ: I did a piece on Father G-Dog - how important was Homeboy Industries to your spiritual evolution and why are organizations like them always in jeopardy of losing funding when they change so many lives? Your trying to find yourself, were getting ready to go to High School and as this world teaches you, you must “belong” to something. I can’t put a “name” on it but it’s something. They begin forming the Young Adult there going to become, here molding. RICHARD: I feel that in all kids that I’ve came across, that at the age of 12–13 is a big transition.
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What was it about that time and place that you felt that it was yours and your peers only option? LATINOBUZZ: You are from East LA and joined a gang at 13 years old. LatinoBuzz got to hear from Cabral about his transition in life. Earlier this month we saw the release of Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones featuring Richard in the role of Arturo. It was there that led to Cabral being cast as an extra in CSI: Miami. Upon release he found a support system in Homeboy Industries, Father Gregory ‘G-Dog’ Boyle’s charity, where ex-gang members are provided jobs as an alternative to gang life providing they stay clean. Making a plea deal gave him a reduced sentence of 5 years of which he would serve 27 months. If convicted, he was facing a sentence of 35 years to life. At the age of 20 Cabral was arrested and charged with attempted murder and would spend a year in jail while he awaited trial.
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His teenage years were a series of trips in and out of jail.
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Growing up in East Los Angeles with a single mom, Richard Cabral was in a gang by 13 years old, made his first trip to jail at 14 and by 15 was addicted to crack cocaine.