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LALIFF Goes Digital This Year Following California’s Extended Self-Distancing Rules

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 16:23:53 +0000

As the entertainment industry braces for another few months of continued self-distancing and stay-at-home orders in California, the folks at the Latino Film Institute keep finding new and exciting ways to keep Latino cinema in LA alive. After making their Youth Cinema Project go digital in hopes of keeping it afloat, they’ve just announced that

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Casts of ‘Gentefied,’ ‘Vida’ & ‘Narcos: Mexico’ Are Bringing Film Student Scripts to Life

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:02:31 +0000

As the Coronavirus pandemic takes hold of the entertainment industry — with films being delayed and other TV productions on hold — little has been said about how it’s affecting a younger generation of would-be filmmakers. Students of film will remember this moment as a turning point not just in the industry but in their

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After 5 Years Without One, Los Angeles’ Latino Film Festival Comes Back

Kristen Lopez — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:49:43 +0000

After a brief hiatus, Los Angeles is getting its latino film festival back this June. LALIFF returns to the TCL Chinese Theatre June 20-24, announced by Latino icon Edward James Olmos and organized by Jane the Virgin writer Rafael Agustin. The festival promotes “the advancement of Latinx voices” from creators both inside and outside of the L.A.

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There Are More Latinos on TV, But Is That Really Progress?

Manuel Betancourt — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 23:18:52 +0000

During her unsurprisingly hilarious appearance on Vogue’s “73 Questions With” video, Jane the Virgin actress Gina Rodriguez made sure to balance her lighthearted responses with one sobering stat. When asked what fact she’d recently learned that blew her mind, you could see her seethe with frustration at the numbers she was about to repeat: “In

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Gina Rodriguez Set to Produce a ‘The Wonder Years’-Like Show About an Undocumented Family

Kristen Lopez — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:06:58 +0000

After conquering the big and little screens, Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez is putting on her producer hat. The 33-year-old actress has two separate television development deals in the works, according to Deadline. Under her company, I Can & I Will Productions, the Chicago boricua star sold Have Mercy to CBS. Based on German format Dr. Illegal, the hourlong series Have Mercy will

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Rafael Agustin On Creating a Sitcom That’s an Edgy Latino ‘Wonder Years’

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 22:28:22 +0000

If Rafael Agustin has his way, we’ll soon be able to see what an edgy Latino Wonder Years looks like. That is how the writer-performer is pitching the show he’s written based on his life. Oh, and did we mention the series is tentatively titled Illegal? Yep. Agustin is looking to create the very first undocumented

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