"Ana" is a Coming of (Middle) Age Triumph
…a Veracruzana woman running from the cartel. Being from Veracruz herself, she tries to tell the story more responsibly. Dressed in a hyper-feminine style, she opts to change her look…
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Sundance Winner “Sujo” Honors Mexican Youth
…Sujo is orphaned young, his mother dying in childbirth, and his father murdered thanks to his involvement in the drug trade. The cartel wants four-year-old Sujo dead too, so he’s…
Sofía Vergara's "Griselda" Falls to Its Worst Telenovela Instincts
…She littered Miami and New York with corpses to become the OG Narco Queen of the 70s and 80s. Feared by the Ochoa cocaine family, Medellin cartel, and narco Pablo…
15 Latinx Sundance Titles to Watch For
…film follows Juan Jesús Varela in the titular role as a young man who loses his cartel gunman father at the age of four and then must construct his own…
2024 Latina Shows to Watch
…the Latin cartels: Ana Griselda Blanco Restrepo, also known as La Viuda Negra, La Madrina, or La Reina de la Coca. The drama miniseries starring and co-produced by Sofia Vergara…
“I Don’t Expect Anyone to Believe Me” Plays with Belief to Lampoon Colonialism
…do first meet our criminal enterprise in Mexico, but they are more mob than cartel – in fact, the exact nature of their business remains hidden for most of the…
10 Latine Horror Recommendations for Halloween
…turn for the worst in Veneno Para las Hadas. Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017), d. Issa López The story of children trying to survive their daily lives while navigating cartel…
Three Titles That Connect Me to Monterrey
…brown and one pale, one sheltered and one affiliated, try to score weed from the cartel. The journey through the city’s underground is a perfect playground for Cartel De Santa’s…
Netflix's "Christmas With You" is the Latinx Christmas Film of the Season
…few instances in which Latino dads and men are presented in a positive way; one that does not include cops, cartels, gangs, or any sort of violence and abusive behavior….
5 Must-See Latinx Films Premiering at the Tribeca Festival
…on Ecuadorian characters (there isn’t a lot of representation of South Americans in film, aside from the drug cartel narratives) and siblings. We are also intrigued by the immigration aspect…