Three years ago, film director Chris Cashman got a midnight call from his production partner Eddie Cahan. He let it go to voicemail. When Cashman finally listened to that voicemail later, he heard what sounded like a large crowd of people, a band playing in the background, and Cahan’s voice saying he had an investor that wanted to make a movie about Xolos.
“What, like, gangsters?” Cashman thought, assuming that Cahan had said “Cholos.” Cashman was so confused by the call that he didn’t even get back to Cahan until weeks later.
When he did, he finally got the full story: In seeking out investors for Cashman’s next project, Cahan was introduced to an immigration lawyer named Murray Hilts.