Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/carmen-castillo/ Our Thing Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:27:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/carmen-castillo/ 144 144 REVIEW: ‘Councilwoman’ Documentary Chronicles a Dominican Hotel Maid-Turned-Politician Fighting for a Living Wage https://remezcla.com/features/film/review-councilwoman-hffny-2019/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 20:56:37 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=259599 The midterm elections of 2018 proved that grassroots organizing are key in mobilizing large swaths of the population to elect rookie politicians who cut their teeth in service jobs, not in politics. It’s precisely what led to the surprising win of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (as the doc Knock Down the House showed). And as Margo Guernsey’s Councilwoman documentary shows, such

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