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WATCH: Latina Contestant on ‘The Voice’ Praised for Unique Rendition of ‘La Llorona’

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:21:52 +0000

It took Adam Levine less than two seconds to press his button and turn his chair on Monday night’s (February 24) episode of The Voice. It was evident what would happen as Lucia Flores-Wiseman began singing her rendition of “La Llorona” by Angela Aguilar during her Blind Audition in Season 27. As Flores-Wiseman continued to

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‘La Llorona’ Named Best Foreign Language Film of 2020 by National Board of Review

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:38:29 +0000

On Tuesday (Jan. 26), the National Board of Review (NBR) named Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante’s political horror-thriller La Llorona the Best Foreign Language Film of 2020. In Bustamante’s retelling of the folktale, the story centers on a retired Guatemalan dictator whose guilty verdict is overturned for the genocide of the country’s Indigenous Mayan people during

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‘Parasite’s Bong Joon Ho’s List of Directors Who Will Define the 2020s Includes Guatemala’s Jayro Bustamante

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:49:32 +0000

When Parasite won Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards, becoming the first ever non-English language film to ever do so, you could tell that Korean director Bong Joon Ho had many fans in Hollywood. During his speeches he made clear he was just as big a fan of directors like Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese. But

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From Walter Mercado to Diego Luna: Must-See Latino Movies & Series at Sundance Film Festival

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:22:07 +0000

Every year, the Sundance Film Festival marks the beginning of a new year for cinema. It’s where must-see flicks become future classics and where indie director darlings become household names. The fest has introduced us to movies like Mosquita y Mari, El Mariachi and Real Women Have Curves, as well as to filmmakers like Alejandro Landes,

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15 Latino Movies You Probably Didn’t See in 2019 But Should

Remezcla Estaff — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:29:21 +0000

When a year begins with the thundering success of a movie like Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma at the Oscars, it’s fair to fear that the rest of the year won’t measure up. And while it’s true that the Academy Award-winning black-and-white feature from one of Mexico’s most renowned auteurs may not be matched when it comes

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How ‘La Llorona’ Director Jayro Bustamante Used Horror Tropes to Tell Guatemala’s Civil War-Torn History

Rafael Motamayor — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 20:26:22 +0000

We start with the face of an older woman (Margarita Kénefic) looking straight at the audience, never blinking an eye, as loud chanting vibrates through the room. The camera pulls back to reveal a prayer circle while the ominous score gives off the sense that something is wrong. That’s how Jayro Bustamante’s La Llorona teases

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