How ‘Charm City Kings’ Cinematographer Throttled Up the Realism
Puerto Rican director Ángel Manuel Soto stuck with his decision to bring on cinematographer Katelin Arizmendi for Sony’s “Charm City Kings” despite the studio’s desire for someone with more experience. Though Arizmendi’s credits included just a pair of indie features, Soto knew that her use of naturalistic light with touches of heightened realism were ideal sensibilities for his high-octane, Sundance-winning, Baltimore-set coming-of-age story about an African American boy, Mouse (Jahi Di’Allo Winston), eager to be part of the city’s dirt-bike-riding subculture.