Grateful and Funny, Julia Alvarez Has Lived a Life in New PBS Doc
…in, and eventually, her process creating such beloved works as How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies. Oh, and there’s personal stuff too,…
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Latinos Finally Did Good at the 2024 Emmys
…when BFFs Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal took to the stage? Actually, no need to answer, the question is rhetorical. The longtime pals and producing partners were there to…
Latinas Weigh in the Presidential Debate and Its Aftermath
…planet. They weren’t the only frustrated Latinx viewers. Over at the Women’s Media Center, Victoria Moran Garcia spoke to first-time Latina voters about the debate. Their primary issues are housing…
12 Latine Projects to Catch at TIFF 2024
…Ana María (Jenny Navarrete) and Mercedes (Paulina García) find a delicate relationship as a caregiver and patient respectively, despite their looming differences in age, class, and immigration status. Written and…
“Las Azules” Tells the Story of Mexico City's First Women Police Squad
…in Gabriel García Márquez’s studios in Tlalnepantla. It is precisely the deluge of detail – the costumes, the cars, the music, the atmosphere, the meticulous sets – that makes Las…
LGBTQ Latin American Cinema Leads the Way
…Zapata, played by youngsters Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal. The story combines social issues and highlights sexual diversity among young people. Azul y No Tan Rosa (2012) https://youtu.be/uuqtdPfUr6g?si=mlxjPIi2iHkcUm6M Although…
Dropping "Mexican Gothic" Adaptation is Part of a Racist Pattern
…a right to be disappointed by the announcement that Hulu dropped the option for Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic, meaning they aren’t making the adaptation. Latine fans have the right to…
“One Hundred Years of Solitude” And Other Latin Classics Coming to Netflix in 2024
…Solitude (Netflix Series) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2_QybaXvJo Attention, admirers of Gabo and Macondo: the first audiovisual adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s mythical book One Hundred Years of Solitude will premiere on Netflix in…
"The Long Game" Celebrates A History More of Us Should Know
When Humberto G. Garcia attended San Felipe High School in Del Rio, Texas, he didn’t learn about the Miracle Five–the Mexican-American golf team who won the state championship in 1957….
Annenberg’s Most Inclusive Latinx Series Are All Canceled
…in the face of gentrification. America Ferrera executive produced the series and directed four of its episodes. The Garcias – 11.4 Inclusivity Score The Garcias is a reboot of Nickelodeon’s…