Camila Mendes and Rudy Mancuso Have Your New Favorite in “Música”
…also cannot seem to find his courage as an artist, figure out how to see his Brazialian-American identity as a strength, or realize that he’s with the wrong girl. Enter…
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Annenberg’s Most Inclusive Latinx Series Are All Canceled
…Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. The Spanglish series created by Linda Yvette Chavez and Marvin Lemus follows three Mexican-American cousins struggling to balance the American dream, their identities, and the family’s restaurant…
Lío Mehiel is Just Getting Started
…and directed by Colombian-American Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio, the film tells the story of two sisters and their challenging relationship with their troubled father, played by the Grammy-award winning artist, Residente….
Latinos at SXSW 2024 Killed It (And Took Home Big Prizes)
…Part sci-fi and part fantasy, 3 Body Problem is all engrossing and we promise isn’t like anything you’ve likely seen. Doin’ It Lilly Singh is Maya, a 30-year-old Indian-American virgin…
Uncomfortable, Intimate SXSW Film “Malta” Portrays a Different Colombian Experience
…want to leave first.” Malta is a deeply Colombian film, focusing on what it is to be young and lost in this South American country that continues to be pigeonholed…
Q+A With The Flores Siblings, the SXSW Filmmakers Behind "The In Between"
…so dangerous to our community, to our culture, to our way of life [and] also impacts the way that we see ourselves. [The border] is such a unique American landscape…it’s…
Why “Solito” by Javier Zamora Matters
…The best writing is specific and unafraid. As a Salvadoran-American, I and other diaspora Salvis have recalled how often we were teased or discouraged from using caliche (aka Salvadoran slang)…
The Short List of the 8 Oscar-Nominated Women Directors
…young Anna Paquin winning Best Supporting Actress. Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation (2004) At the 76th Academy Awards, the first American woman was nominated as one of the best…
"Past Lives" Is a Mediation on (Immigrant) Sacrifice Wrapped in a Love Story
…glance, Past Lives (written and directed by Celine Song) is a slice-of-life love story between Nora, an achievement-oriented Korean American playwright (played by Greta Lee) and Hae Sung, an unassuming…
"La Guagua Aérea" and the Not So Promised Land
…in América. But the 1993 Puerto Rican dramedy delves deeper, reminding us that leaving one’s country often creates issues with identity, cultural pride, and assimilation. Set against the backdrop of…