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Colombian-American Director Juan David Romero on Making Impactful Films About the Migrant Experience

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 15:50:12 +0000

Colombian-American filmmaker Juan David Romero has no desire to ever watch Narcos. The Netflix drama is such a constant frame of reference for every person he meets abroad that he’s all too happy ignore it. It’s not just Narcos, though. Even as a film like Rosario Tijeras first opened his eyes to what Colombian filmmaking could be, inciting the

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Short Film ‘La Peste Del Insomnio’ Turns ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Into a Quarantine Fable

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 18:12:20 +0000

Gabriel García Márquez’s writing has always felt like it’s imagining a world so unlike our own that it can’t help but look familiar. His magical realism stretched the notions of what storytelling could be, turning seemingly absurd tales into probing meditations on Latin American identity. It’s no surprise to find our own current situation, wherein

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10 Short Films Centered on the Afro-Latino Experience

Manuel Betancourt — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:55:24 +0000

With protests across the country encouraging us all to commit to fighting anti-Blackness in ways both personal and systemic, there’s perhaps no better time to celebrate AfroLatinidad. Whether you want to watch a deep dive into the musical stylings of Afro-Latino legends like Joe Arroyo and Celia Cruz, want to watch a short inspired by

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This Powerful Short Doc Captures Daily Life in Queens During COVID-19 Pandemic

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 06 May 2020 16:37:34 +0000

Bernardo Ruiz has made a career out of producing nonfiction filmmaking that feels urgent. His films have tackled everything from Latino leaders of the wine industry to photojournalists in Mexico. It’s no surprise to find him using his time during the coronavirus lockdown pursuing the same thing he’s always sought: to find with his lens

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This Peruvian Documentary on Star Wars Celebration Is a Joyful Look at The Franchise’s Latino Fan Base

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 04 May 2020 16:11:57 +0000

Even before the likes of Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal and Oscar Isaac were integral figures of the Star Wars universe, the George Lucas franchise had a stronghold in Latin America. My mom, who grew up in Medellin, Colombia, was an avid fan of La guerra de las galaxias. She remembers seeing the original trilogy in

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‘Decolonize Justice’ Docs Focus On Latinos Dealing With the Criminal Justice System

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:00:13 +0000

The U.S. Criminal Justice system has no shortage of shortcomings. One need only read the news on any given day to see examples of how black and brown communities are at the mercy of a system that was not created for or by them. Decolonize Justice, a new short documentary series created by advocacy group LatinoJustice PRLDEF,

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New Show ‘Katy Keene’ Features a Queer Latino Character from the Heights with Big Broadway Dreams

Manuel Betancourt — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:46:48 +0000

If there’s one thing Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa can be credited with doing is giving the Archie comics universe a modern spin. That meant casting Latina actress Camila Mendes as the iconic Veronica Lodge in Riverdale, making her family the kind that drops “mija” after every other sentence. It meant turning a teenage witch into a rebellious

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You Should Stream: This ‘Frontline’ Doc Explains How El Paso Became a Testing Ground for New Immigration Policies

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:34:23 +0000

There is a crisis at the border. Draconian decisions like the zero tolerance policy (which led to the separation of migrant families and horrifying accounts of kids in cages) have made Border Patrol agents key players in a national debate about U.S. immigration. A new documentary produced by PBS’s Frontline series focuses on El Paso,

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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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You Should Stream: ‘After the Raid’ Doc Is a Look at the Aftermath of One of ICE’s Largest Raids

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 21:39:14 +0000

In April 2019, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents staged the largest immigration raid in a decade in a sleepy corner of East Tennessee. Latino families were broken up and fear set in for those who remained, while white conservative residents were forced to confront the reality of immigration policy coming to their neighborhood. “I

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