On-Screen Latinx Couples To Watch this Valentine’s Day
…live their lives. Betty and Armando from Betty La Fea The Colombian show Yo, Soy Betty La Fea is known as the most successful telenovela of all time, being remade…
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“Igualada” Director Juan Mejía Botero Believe a New Type of Politic is Possible
…Francia Márquez, the first Black person and only the second woman to become Vice President in Colombia. Mejía has known Márquez for nearly two decades and the film features interviews…
Sofía Vergara's "Griselda" Falls to Its Worst Telenovela Instincts
…month, it’s a damn sight better than Lifetime’s The Cocaine Godmother starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and that awful accent. At least it’s a Colombian actress playing a Colombian woman – with…
Colombian “El Otro Hijo” Explores Overlooked, Intimate Pain
…the plot of the Colombian film El Otro Hijo (The Other Son), by Juan Sebastián Quebrada, a tragedy without a resolution that won the prizes of Best Movie by the…
15 Latinx Sundance Titles to Watch For
…turvy as the film asks questions about identity and the roles we play. Igualada Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by Darwin Torres Colombian director Juan Mejía Botero follows Francia…
2024 Latina Shows to Watch
…tells the story of Griselda Blanco, the Colombian trafficker who laid the foundations of the Medellin Cartel and forged a multi-million dollar empire in the 1970s and 1980s. Legendary for…
“De La Calle” Celebrates Urbano Music and the Latinx Musicians Who Make It
…surprisingly, we start in New York before heading to a variety of Latin American destinations (Colombia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, etc.) with a somewhat humorous stopover in Spain. There, Barili shows…
Three Titles That Connect Me to Monterrey
…as Cholombianos themselves honor the Black and Native roots that make up Latinidad, without which no Latin culture could exist. Cumbia is a musical genre born in Colombia through Black…
"Never Have I Ever" Taught Me How to Talk to My Mother
…her attempt to raise me as she was raised. As a Colombian immigrant, my mother wanted to instill me with a thorough sense of discipline and order. She needed to…
"Quicksand" Gets Stuck Ignoring its Leading Latina's Interior Life
Deep in the Colombian rainforest, an estranged couple begrudgingly makes one last hike together. Soon, though, things take a turn for the worse. Sofia and Josh (played by Carolina Gaitán…