“You Were My First Boyfriend” Finds the Uncomfortable in Teen Stories
“You Were My First Boyfriend” left me pondering my own adolescence. Watching it, I oscillated between being tickled, disturbed, and challenged.
Cristina Escobar
Working at the intersection of race, gender, and pop culture, Cristina Escobar is the co-founder and EIC of Latina Media Co. A rehabilitated English major, she’s a TEDx speaker, a Rotten-Tomatoes approve critic, and a member of the Critic's Choice Association and the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association. Her words can be found in Glamour, Roger Ebert, Latino Rebels, Remezcla, Shondaland, and lost grocery lists. Finally and most importantly, her abuelita made the best tamales this world has ever seen. You can follow her on Twitter and Instagtram: @cescobarandrade.
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Q+A With Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, Writer/Creator of La Borinqueña
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PBS Doc “El Equipo” Celebrates Forensic Human Rights Work
On his documentary, “El Equipo, director Bernardo Ruiz says “Collecting evidence is one of the few ways to hold the powerful accountable.”
Meet Roger Ross Williams, Director of “Cassandro”
Director Roger Ross Williams says, “Getting past homophobia and sexism – It’s possible. ‘Cassandro’ lets us see that it’s possible.”
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A beautiful, meditative film, “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe” both is and is not the typical coming-of-age story.
Latinas Took Over Aspen with Raizado Fest 2023
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Top Ten Stand-Alone, TV Latinx Performances of 2022
Let’s take a moment to celebrate the top ten Latinx performances in mainstream shows in 2022, proving we belong anywhere and everywhere.
“Somewhere We Are Human” Illuminates the Undocumented Experience
“Somewhere We Are Human” is a new anthology created by currently or formerly undocumented people. Curated by Reyna Grande and Sonia Guiñansaca, the entries range from visual art to personal essays (with poetry, arguably, in between), with authors, artists, and curators hail from Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Inherently this book shapes an understanding of immigration usually left out of US textbooks.
The Mexican Feminist in ‘The Matrix Resurrections’
Being a feminist is “like taking the red pill,” says Eréndira Ibarra, the Mexican/American actress who rounds out the cast of ‘The Matrix Resurrections.’