Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/us-kids/ Our Thing Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:20:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/us-kids/ 144 144 Parkland Survivor Samantha Fuentes Finds a Way To Turn Her Trauma Into Power in Doc ‘Us Kids’ https://remezcla.com/features/film/documentary-us-kids-samantha-fuentes-interview/ Tue, 10 Nov 2020 17:00:22 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=293831 Three days after 17 students and staff members were killed by a gunman at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, the school’s young survivors led a gun-control rally to speak against gun violence and politicians who receive campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association. One of the survivors who were not

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]]> Hundreds Of Thousands Attend March For Our Lives In Washington DC Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Samantha Fuentes, who was shot in the face during the Parkland shooting, speaks during the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images Latinx Gun Control Activists Emma González & Samantha Fuentes Featured in Documentary ‘Us Kids’ https://remezcla.com/film/latinx-gun-control-activists-emma-gonzalez-samantha-fuentes-featured-documentary-us-kids/ Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:20:59 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=292367 After a successful festival run this year, including a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in January, the documentary Us Kids is now hitting virtual cinemas. The film will be available through the Alamo Drafthouse virtual screening platform, Alamo on Demand, starting October 30. Directed by Kim A. Snyder (Newton),

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]]> header-us-kids-trailer Photo courtesy of Hard Working Movies 12 Latino and Latin American Movies That Were Set to Screen at Now Canceled SXSW 2020 https://remezcla.com/lists/film/latino-films-sxsw-2020/ Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:03:45 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=277144 There is no cooler film festival around than SXSW. It’s not just the fact that it’s in Austin, Texas, arguably one of the most effortlessly cool cities around. And it’s not just that it runs alongside other SXSW programs that gather some of the best musicians, podcasters and think leaders working today. It’s the fact

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]]> Boys State — Still 1 Steven Garza appears in 'Boys State' by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine. Photo by Thorsten Thielow. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.