Chiles in the news

3.7.08  San Luis Obispo Tribune
Tyrone Huff is no stranger to culture clashes. When the black filmmaker was wooing his Latina wife, whose parents live in Paso Robles, he experienced the same language barrier...

3.7.08  Atascadero News
Included amongst the directors in this year’s festival are Tyrone Huff and Gillian Munro, two Southern California residents who set their respective short films, “Chiles” and “Small Avalanches,” in the North County. While Huff and Munro also share the commonality of being film graduates at Chapman University...

3.17.08  New Times Film
From reviewer Scott Hamilton: "Your monkey is safe in my El Camino" is my favorite quote of Tyrone Huff's short, Chiles. This is a lighthearted film about a Hispanic girl bringing her new boyfriend to dinner at her very traditional parents' house. Her father and mother mostly speak Spanish, and her boyfriend Randal is a well-dressed black man. Even though this is a lighthearted film, it deals with some heavy issues. What I liked about it was the way it dealt with prejudice and racism. It wasn't your traditional situation with a black and white couple. It threw a little change in there with the Hispanic and black dynamic--the icebreaker being a chile eat-off between the hard-nosed father and the new boyfriend. The film leaves you without a happy ending. Things get better between the family and Randal, but not resolved. It definitely had a non-Hollywood look and resolve. I guess that's why I like short films so much.

4.16.08  Fresno Collegian
Fresno State alumnus Tyrone HuFF has always had the desire to make films. HuFF said he always loved to write and tell stories and stumbled upon this talent, which led to what is proving to be a very promising career....

8.2.08  Chiles named as finalist
Chiles is a finalist for the 2008 Angelus Student Short Film Festival. Winners will be announced on August 15, 2008.