Who is Pj Perez?

Writer. Filmmaker. Musician. Illustrator. Designer. Old Fashioned Enthusiast. Dog Lover. Highly Distracted Creative Individual.
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December 26, 2024

2024

Nobody asked for 1,900+ words reflecting on 2024 and looking to the new year ahead. But when has that ever stopped me?

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December 23, 2023

Birthing a Miracle Baby

Back in October 2021, right in middle of the premiere events for Parkway of Broken Dreams, I joined a crew of local filmmakers to help make a short film called Miracle Baby, which is now finally available to watch online.

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October 4, 2023

A campaign to launch ‘Murdered on the Fourth of July’ into production

Two days have gone by since I launched the first crowdfunding campaign for Murdered on the Fourth of July and I have not posted a single thing about it here–until now.

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July 4, 2023

Beyond remembering Spit and Dan

When Lin (better known to friends and enemies alike as “Spit”) Newborn and Daniel Shersty were murdered by neo-Nazi skinheads in the early hours of July 4, 1998, it shook our little community of artists and activists in Las Vegas.

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January 18, 2023

Top Lessons I Learned Making My First Documentary Film

Why am I just now posting the finished video containing these filmmaking lessons in January 2023? Beats the heck out of me.

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April 30, 2022

Parkway of Broken Dreams is now available everywhere, all at once

In case you’re stumbling upon this website without somehow having already seen this on social media, an email newsletter or your local PBS station, my new documentary film Parkway of Broken Dreams is now available for download, streaming and DVD purchase.

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