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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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From ‘Star Wars’ to Sundance: This Podcast Uncovers How Latinos Shape the Movie Business

Vanessa Erazo — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 20:24:38 +0000

With so many options available to watch movies – Netflix, iTunes, Hulu, Blu-ray, and the somehow now old-school-seeming DVD – it’s easy to forget that there was a time when going to the cinema was a special event. You’d get dressed up, buy tickets, load up on snacks, and settle into a comfy chair in

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American Latinos Don’t Make it to Sundance Often, But These Filmmakers Hustled Hard

Vanessa Erazo — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 06:41:23 +0000

Latinos born in the United States come up against a unique set of challenges compared to directors working in Latin America who often have access to government funding for their projects. The glaring differences are evidenced in the vast disparity between the amount of Latin American movies circling the globe at Class-A festivals compared to

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William Caballero Made a Short About His Hilarious Boricua Abuelos & Now He’s Headed to Sundance

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:15:17 +0000

William D. Caballero never tires of mining his family’s history for inspiration. Mixing various animation styles and a cinema verité approach, his 2010 documentary, American Dreams Deferred told the story of his Puerto Rican family living in North Carolina. Winner of the first annual HBO-NALIP Documentary Grant, the doc was a moving testament to the constant obstacles many first and second generation

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This Powerful Web Series Uses 3-D Printed Figurines to Reenact the Stories of Young DREAMers

Andrew S. Vargas — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 00:08:19 +0000

William D. Caballero has made quite a stir since his genre-bending hybrid short film How You Doin’, Boy? Voicemails from Gran’pa became a viral sensation and landed a spinoff web series Gran’pa Knows Best on HBO’s innovative digital platform HBO NOW! That’s not to say that the 31-year-old Brooklyn-born Boricua hasn’t been on his grind

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3 Groundbreaking Mediamakers on Pushing the Boundaries of Latino Content

Carlos Aguilar — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 19:25:56 +0000

The NALIP Media Summit brought together William Caballero, Karla Legaspy, and Hector Galan to talk universal storytelling and the future of public television.

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