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Ava DuVernay Only Wanted Female Directors for ‘Queen Sugar,’ Aurora Guerrero Stepped Up

Paula Mejia — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:52:11 +0000

Queen Sugar, a drama adapted by Ava DuVernay currently airing on Oprah’s OWN Network, is the most underrated story currently playing out on television. Now in its second season, Queen Sugar revolves around the three Bordelon siblings – Nova, Charley and Ralph Angel – who must best their differences and band together to run their

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Meet Danielle Calle, the Colombian-American Filmmaker Probing Latino Experiences in the Deep South

Paula Mejia — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 20:26:30 +0000

One of the most unnerving questions that exists in the world is “where are you from?” There’s a universe of responses to such a loaded question, all of them having to do with place, identity, and experience. It’s a very particular tension that Danielle Calle, a first-generation Colombian-American artist and filmmaker, knows all too well.

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Meet Danny Flores, the Trans Teen Artist Subverting Gay Slurs With Colorful La Jotería Cards

Paula Mejia — Fri, 21 Apr 2017 19:53:17 +0000

On paper, Danny Flores is currently a senior at Dreher High School in Columbia, South Carolina. But Flores is much more than that: He’s also a bright, ambitious artist and filmmaker who’s been responsible for some incredible work thus far, especially within the context of the queer community. Flores currently leads as both the president

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Andrea Patiño Is Using Virtual Reality to Give Viewers the Experience of Living in Fear of Deportation

Paula Mejia — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 19:12:28 +0000

The White House’s hardened stance on immigration is sinister, and not just because of the xenophobia it promotes. It’s also placed uncertainty and fear into the hearts of thousands of undocumented families, who are at the mercy of complicated policies, raids and a lack of information during an especially tense time. On the heels of

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Dig Into Indie Grits, the Film Festival That’s Bringing Visibility to Latinos in the South

Paula Mejia — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 18:04:55 +0000

What does it mean to be Southern, and how can one go about interrogating and reclaiming this identity? That’s what Columbia, South Carolina’s annual indie film festival, Indie Grits, set out to answer in 2007. What started as a two-day DIY fest has since grown into a sprawling four-day, multi-disciplinary affair hosted by the only

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Zoe Garcia’s Sundance Doc ‘Conectifai’ Chronicles How Wi-Fi Spots Are Changing Cuba’s Public Spaces

Paula Mejia — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 20:51:29 +0000

Here’s a funny thing about the Internet: In the pursuit to connect with one another online, we often become more isolated as a consequence. But to be connected at all is a gift. Given its seemingly limitless nature, boundless Internet access—especially at home—is something many of us take for granted. Nothing puts this more into

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Major Lazer & The Rolling Stones’ Concert Films Document the End of Music Censorship in Cuba

Paula Mejia — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 19:50:20 +0000

From streaming services like Spotify through the wormholes of Youtube, practically every musical catalogue in the universe seems to be a search bar away. It’s hard to fathom that up until a couple of years ago, it wasn’t parents putting the kibosh on, say, Elvis Presley blasting a little too loudly from the boombox upstairs.

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Dolores Huerta and a Star-Studded Crowd Took to the Streets at the Sundance Women’s March

Paula Mejia — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 15:53:49 +0000

Two thousand miles away from where the masses gathered upon the National Mall at the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday, attendees at the star-studded 2017 Sundance Film Festival stood tall in solidarity with the movement, many of them Latinx. Flanked by growing snowbanks, a mammoth, 8,000 person crowd at the year’s first premiere indie film

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