Grateful and Funny, Julia Alvarez Has Lived a Life in New PBS Doc
…star. Father Sky looks down and says, ‘How did you get to be so tall?’ She says, ‘I’m standing on a lot of shoulders.’ That’s what I felt. I’m standing…
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"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" Is Funny at Times, But Squanders Stakes
…begins with a funeral for Lydia’s father, Charles, letting us know that this is a film about love and loss. So it’s no surprise that emotions arise about Astrid’s deceased…
12 Latine Projects to Catch at TIFF 2024
…mother’s dying wish and find his absent father, the movie’s namesake, but it becomes clear that things are not what they seem in the unassuming town. Pedro Páramo promises to…
In Old Hollywood, The Torres Sisters Repped Latinas
…Raquel Torres was born in Mexico to a Mexican mother and German father. The family, including her sister Renee, made their way to the United States, and the sisters eventually…
The Rise of Queer Characters in Brazilian Telenovelas
…gay-friend way. Solano’s performance may have humorous, but people began to empathize with Félix as a person. First, audiences related to Félix’s troubled home life. A father that clearly favored…
“Sugarcane” and the Systemic Abuse of Indigenous Children
…First Nation. NoiseCat recalls the conversation, telling his eventual co-director, “That’s insane. Did you know that that’s a school that my family was taken away to and where my father…
How the New Mon Laferte Documentary Can Help Latinas Heal
…also talks about growing up in poverty and how her family did what they had to do to get by without financial support from her father. Heck, she also reveals…
Maia Reficco on Representation and “One Fast Move”
…currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, follows Wes (KJ Apa, Riverdale), a recently released convict and aspiring motorcycle racer who reaches out to his estranged father (Eric Dane, Grey’s Anatomy,…
“Las Azules” Tells the Story of Mexico City's First Women Police Squad
…years of adoring an unfaithful husband. Joining her is Gabina (Amorita Rasgado), who is following in the footsteps of her father and brothers, all police officers. Valentina (Natalia Tellez) is…
“Louis Carlos Bernal: Monografía” is A Landmark Tribute to Chicano Art
…the “father of Chicano art photography.” Born in Douglas, Arizona, and raised in Phoenix, Bernal’s early life and cultural background profoundly influenced his work. After completing his M.F.A. at Arizona…