Why We Built the MíraLA Film Festival (And What's Next)
In 2022, when I first started the journey with the MíraLA Film Festival, it wasn’t just about creating another event – it was about building a space where women’s stories…
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Why Can’t "With Love, Meghan" Just Be a Black Martha Stewart?
…white women in the lifestyle industry with praise, and never questions whether Reese Witherspoon’s overpriced home goods empire has any real value, is suddenly acting like Meghan’s venture is the…
4 Surprising Facts to Honor “Pretty Woman’s” 35th Anniversary
…original was more of an art, independent, prestige film,” Lawton (Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death) told Yahoo Entertainment. However, when executives at Touchstone Pictures, a division of…
SXSW: “ASCO: Without Permission” Gives us the Power of Chicano Art and Activism
…Mexican actor, director, and producer Gael García Bernal was introduced to ASCO. “I remember going completely into it [the book] and realizing page by page, how I had no idea…
Indie "Café Chairel" Gives My Mexican Hometown the Movie Treatment
…to different places and realities that seemed so foreign at the time. Although I resented the fact that my sometimes unamusing city never made it the big screen. Unless you…
Women of Color in Film Don't Deserve the Hate
With my love for film and television, I am always overjoyed when women of color are cast in movies and shows. Growing up, I didn’t see much representation, so I…
Documentary “La Salsa Viva” Dances to Its World Premiere at SXSW
…We see its fans share stories about how women brought records to the US under their dresses, so as not to leave the music behind. One little girl proudly declares…
Trump, Hollywood, and How We Fail Latinas in the Military
…in trouble. The U.S. military has never been an easy place for women, especially Latinas. We’ve been here since World War II, shoved into support roles, denied leadership opportunities, and…
5 Latinx Documentaries that Showcase Resistance
…collectively started saying things like “yas,” “spill the tea,” “slay,” “throwing shade,” and “serving realness.” Before all that, there was the ballroom culture of 1980s Harlem. And recording it is…
5 Steps to Better Your Media Consumption
…Trump is following his former adviser’s media philosophy called “shock and awe.” “The real opposition is the media,” Bannon said in 2018, “and the way to deal them is to…