#TheLatinaPress: Issue 3
A partnership between #WeAllGrow Latina and LatinaMedia.Co ‘IN THE HEIGHTS’ Dominating our feeds, In the Heights was everywhere this month. In #TheLatinaPress, so much virtual ink was spilled – we…
A partnership between #WeAllGrow Latina and LatinaMedia.Co ‘IN THE HEIGHTS’ Dominating our feeds, In the Heights was everywhere this month. In #TheLatinaPress, so much virtual ink was spilled – we…
…Heights (2021) drastically underrepresent Afro-Latinx folks in the conversation and on-screen, it’s clear who is making that media and who the industry thinks is worthy of representation. And nothing will…
In the Heights was marketed as the biggest thing ever for Latinx representation, the first by-us and for-us blockbuster. But it hasn’t really turned out that way, whether you look…
…the Heights and the Erasure of Dark-Skinned Afro-Latinx Folks We have to start with Felice León’s viral interview for The Root with In the Heights director Jon M. Chu and…
Last week, I put on my mask and walked shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of people into AT&T park to watch In the Heights. The film was billed as the…
In The Heights recently hit theaters and HBO Max, and I found it to be pure joy. For one, it perfectly encapsulates the feelings of being pulled in two directions…
…Asians, not everyone is going to feel represented when they watch In the Heights. That’s an impossible task for any movie. Yet In the Heights can represent many things for…
…patron. But a career on Broadway and TV, which led her to Hamilton, In the Heights, and Madam Secretary, changed her direction. It wasn’t until after she started #FearlessSquad, an…
…matches the heights its predecessor hit, WW1984 is a fun and often emotional experience, if a narratively and thematically confused one (especially in its latter half). It links our private…
…Heights daughters this year and we miss it so much. Vida follows Lyn and Emma Hernandez’s return to Boyle Heights as they uncover long-held family secrets and face down the seemingly all-powerful…