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Meet Patricia Riggen, the Mexican Director Chosen by Viola Davis for ‘G20’

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 18:32:17 +0000

For Mexican director Patricia Riggen, directing the Prime Video film G20, starring a big name like Viola Davis, is a big deal.

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This Diversity Report Proves What We Already Knew: Latino Actors & Directors Are Invisible in Hollywood

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:03:47 +0000

The bleak reality that the Latino community is underrepresented on the big screen has been a known issue for quite some time. Back in 2014, a report asserted that despite making up 17.1% of the total U.S. population, Latinos made up only 5.8% of speaking roles on TV and film. In 2016, we learned that

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In this Doc, Ava Duvernay, Jill Soloway, Patricia Riggen & More Tell Hard Truths About Being a Female Director

Manuel Betancourt — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 20:33:11 +0000

To watch Amy Adrion’s Half the Picture is to hear firsthand accounts of every kind of gender-based discrimination you could possibly encounter in Hollywood. Interviewing a slew of female filmmakers, including Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle in Time), Lena Dunham (Girls), Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight), Patricia Cardoso (Real Women Have Curves) and Patricia Riggen (Under the Same Moon), Adrion’s documentary is an

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The Academy Gathered a Powerhouse of Talent to Ask “How Do Latinas Experience Hollywood?”

Carlos Aguilar — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:29:06 +0000

Female voices were front and center this weekend at the Academy of Motions Picture Arts and Sciences. As part of its ongoing series, From Latina America to Hollywood, the people behind the Oscars put together a symposium titled, “How Do Latinas Experience Hollywood?” and invited some of the most recognizable Latina female talent in the

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The Academy of Motion Pictures Is Bringing ‘El Norte,’ ‘La Bamba’ & ‘Stand and Deliver’ to the Big Screen

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:59:55 +0000

Living up to its commitment to championing a broader array of film history, the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is kicking off “From Latin America to Hollywood: Latino Film Culture in Los Angeles, 1967–2017.” The wide-ranging project includes film screenings and filmmaker conversations, film restorations, online content, educational initiatives, and a publication exploring the

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Of the 900 Biggest Box Office Hits of the Last Ten Years, Only One Had a Latina Director

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 10:01:23 +0000

Despite ever-louder complaints about Hollywood being an almost exclusively white boys club, there’s not much to suggest successful campaigns like #OscarSoWhite and #52FilmsByWomen are having much of an effect on the film industry’s current ecosystem. At least that’s the conclusion one might be tempted to draw from the recent study published by the Media, Diversity, &

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20 Latina Directors You Should Know

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:32:36 +0000

Back in October 2015, Women in Film launched the #52FilmsByWomen campaign. The brief was simple: pledge and commit to watching (at least) one film directed by a female filmmaker a week. It sounds easy enough. That it would be a challenge at all spoke more to the systemic sexism that plagues filmmaking. In Hollywood alone, the

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3 of Latin America’s Top Directors Share Their Secrets to Getting Films Made

Carlos Aguilar — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 00:10:47 +0000

Filled with insightful knowledge about the filmmaking craft, bilingual humor, and lots of truth bombs, the Directors’ Master Class organized by the National Association of Latino Independent Producers was one of the best sessions at this year’s NALIP Media Summit. Three of Latin America’s most successful directors, all of which have made films in their home

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Mexican Director Patricia Riggen Is on a Mission to Tell Uplifting Stories in Hollywood

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 21:21:12 +0000

Patricia Riggen, the Mexican-born director of 'The 33' and 'Miracles From Heaven' is on a mission to tell positive and uplifting stories.

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