We Need More Latina Late Bloomer Stories
…between two teen boys and a woman 10 years their senior who is battling cancer. America Ferrera’s breakout role in Real Women Have Curves, which depicts a strained mother-daughter relationship…
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What “Twisters” Got Right For Our Latino Community
…Edgar-Jones is Kate Carter. A weather-loving woman from the red-clayed streets of Oklahoma who has revered mother nature since before she could say “meteorology.” When we first meet her she…
Coupling Weddings and Death in Cinema
…says yes to Ronny’s unconventional proposal in her kitchen. Death is everywhere in Moonstruck: in Loretta’s father who can’t cope with his aging, in her fiancee Johnny’s dying mother, even…
“Descendants” Lead Kylie Cantrall Joins These 5 Latina Disney Stars
In Disney’s musical fantasy film, Descendants: Rise of Red, the fourth installment of the popular Descendants franchise, actress Kylie Cantrall plays the title character, Red, the rebellious daughter of the…
American Girl Still Matters to This 24-Year-Old Latina
…and Jess – thanks to my overly generous grandmother over the course of several Christmases. But as impactful as American Girl was on my life, I’m 24 now and haven’t…
"Uma Família Feliz" is a Broken One
A quiet street. Kids playing as the sun sets in the horizon. This is the kind of image Eva (Grazi Massafera) and Vincent (Reynaldo Gianecchini), a widower with twin daughters,…
“Robot Dreams” Forsakes Language to Honor Friendship
…sequence with a mother bird and her chicks but falls prey to the city’s more selfish and cruel inhabitants. Indeed Robot Dreams finds its drama in its robot/dog odd pairing,…
Starring Jeanine Mason, "WondLa" Teaches How Family Saves Us
…grows up alone having only her AI “mother” to care for her in an underground facility awaiting the day she can emerge onto Earth’s surface. When Eva finally, and a…
Meet "Gloriana Presente" & The Woman Behind It
…in the Bronx. I did not learn to read until I was in the fourth grade. I witnessed my mother’s tears during my third-grade parent-teacher conference after my teacher told…
“3 2 1 ¡Impro!” Spotlights Puerto Rican Theater
…well up in the eyes of actor and licensed naturopath, Lourdes Quiñones, as she recalls a particularly impactful performance. After the show, the mother of a child with cancer approached…