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Why Filmmaker Maria Corina Ramírez Felt a Responsibility To Mother & Other Immigrants To Make ‘Bridges’

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 17:31:20 +0000

As Venezuelan American writer, director and actress Maria Corina Ramírez thought about penning a script about her family’s experience living in the United States after fleeing Venezuela, she wasn’t sure anyone would be interested in another film about immigration. “At first, I didn’t even know if I wanted to tell this story,” Ramírez told Remezcla

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After 40 Years in the Business, Puerto Rican Actor Luis Guzmán Wants His Own Biopic

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:52:35 +0000

Once during an audition, a casting director asked Luis Guzmán something Latino actors hear a lot: “Can you sound a little more Latin?” Sharing the anecdote during a conversation at the Miami Film Festival, the Traffic and Carlito’s Way actor relished the punchline to come. He asked the casting director to give him an example of

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If You Like ‘Insecure’ and ‘Atlanta,’ You’ll Love Miami-Set Web Series ‘Grown’

Manuel Betancourt — Fri, 25 May 2018 20:55:41 +0000

Insecure tackled Los Angeles. Atlanta tackled, well, Atlanta. Brown Girls tackled Chicago. It was only a matter of time before a mostly black-ensemble set in Miami made its way to our screens. Enter: Grown. Created by Joshua Jean-Baptiste and Edson Jean, who’d first developed the project as a short web series (it’s now a 22-minute-long, eight episode show on Complex), Grown follows two Haitian-American

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