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10 Latine Short Films To Watch at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

Sandra Lopez — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:12:35 +0000

The Sundance Institute revealed its lineup of 57 short films being presented at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Ranging from fiction, nonfiction, and animated titles, the curated list of short films showcase the vast power of cinematic storytelling. Through varied compositions of style, theme, and subject matter, these short films prove that an abbreviated runtime

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10 Short Films on Our Radar — Thanks to This Festival

Lissete Lanuza Sáenz — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 15:04:09 +0000

The NVISION Latino Film & Music Festival, which celebrates Latine creatives, will take place on October 10-12 in Palm Springs, CA. The festival, whose mission is to provide a platform for discovering and exhibiting innovative work in film, music, the arts, and technology, will feature a diverse lineup of films as well as conferences and

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You Can Stream These Two Latino Short Films for Free on PBS

Kristen Lopez — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:44:03 +0000

PBS has become a haven for all manner of Latino content over the last few years. Last year they premiered the heartfelt and affecting documentary on Raúl Julia, The World’s a Stage, and have all manner of amazing short-form content available to stream on their app. Most recently they debuted two new short films on

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With Animated Short ‘Malinchista,’ This Director Hopes to Give La Malinche a Voice in History

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 20:40:11 +0000

Hundreds of years after La Malinche played a key role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, aiding Hernán Cortés, she continues to spark debate about what she represented then and how she’s understood now. While a recent Mexican series hoped to mine her complexity to tell her tale, an upcoming short animated film

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TRAILER: This Netflix Doc Is an Intimate Look at Rarámuri Ultramarathon Runner Lorena Ramirez

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:59:43 +0000

A young girl is running up a mountain. She’s fast on her feet and unencumbered by the harsh running conditions such a climb poses. In the background, we hear a dreamy song in the Tarahumara language (also called Rarámuri) about the kind of running she’s engaged in. Donning the traditional garb of the Tarahumara, including

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Gabriela Garcia Medina’s Short Film ‘Little Con Lili’ Is Like a Cuban-American ‘Matilda’

Carlos Aguilar — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 20:37:27 +0000

Born in Moscow, while her Cuban parents were studying communism in Russia, spoken word poet and filmmaker Gabriela Garcia Medina has always felt she is from “everywhere and from nowhere.” Yet, throughout her globe-trotting life — from Cuba to Europe and to the United States — her identity as a Latina has always been a

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Salvadoran-American Director Michael Flores Explores the Legend of Chalino Sánchez in Short Film

Carlos Aguilar — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:28:53 +0000

Rosalino Sánchez Félix, better known as Chalino Sánchez, was a Mexican immigrant from a small ranch named Las Flechas near Culiacan, Sinaloa. He became a narcocorrido star in Los Angeles during the late ‘80s and early ‘90s before an untimely, violent death. His valiant songs chronicled the lives of fearless self-made men in clandestine businesses

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You Should Stream: ‘Ode to Pablo,’ a Story About a Queer, Deaf Afro-Latino Told Through Closed Captions

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 19:46:26 +0000

Upon watching the first shot of Ode to Pablo, you may wonder if you have somehow accidentally turned on YouTube’s closed caption function. A black frame features a helpful aural description: “(electro pop music) (traffic).” You soon hear just that as a bustling city street opens up and Pablo, a young Latino boy sporting a

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‘East Los High’s Vannessa Vasquez On Branching Out to Write Short Film ‘La Sangre Llama’

Manuel Betancourt — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:25:40 +0000

To many East Los High fans, Vannessa Vasquez may forever be Camila Barrios. But the Texan native has always dreamed of working behind the camera, turning stories into big screen projects that could shine a light on people who grew up in circumstances like her own. As with the groundbreaking Hulu series, she was able to see firsthand

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In Venezuelan Short ‘Autocannibalism,’ Watch a Night of Partying Gone Wrong Through Instagram Live

Manuel Betancourt — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 17:59:26 +0000

The tagline for French filmmaker Cédric Blaisbois’ short film Autocannibalism immediately warns you of what you’re about to watch: “One night of partying in the most violent city in the world: Caracas, Venezuela.” Only, the entire project was designed to look as if you’re following the night’s proceedings from the vantage point of a phone. As you watch

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