3 Latine Projects to Watch at Fantastic Fest 2025
…fest this year are from Spain (as if they didn’t colonize enough already), the Latine films in the lineup are sure to have something for everyone. Don’t Leave the Kids…
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Op-Ed: Breaking the Spell of Unworthiness – Why I Wrote “I Am Worthy”
…to believe we are not. It’s almost as if we’ve been placed under a spell of unworthiness. A spell woven over centuries, passed down through lineages, reinforced by colonizers and…
“Chief of War” Is Jason Momoa’s Love Letter to Hawaiian Resistance
…but also cultural, as he fights to preserve his people’s identity against a growing common threat: the arrival of colonizers. The dream of Jason Momoa and Thomas Pa’a Sibbett, who…
Stephen Colbert "Late Show" Cancellation and Free Speech
…affect LGBTQ+ folks, women, and marginalized communities of all backgrounds. Some of their recent episodes address the Blue Origin “space trip,” colonialism in the live-action Lilo & Stitch, and more….
Prime Video's "Menem" Satirizes Ambition and Its Consequences
…part of “the Menemist decade”, ranging from the uprising led by Colonel Mohamed Alí Seineldín, to the bombings of the Israeli Embassy and the AMIA. “The season is structurally conceived…
Why "No Other Land" Is Particularly Resonant to This Latina
…grass. This riveting scene doubles as the official poster and main message of No Other Land – the colonizer destroys, the colonized nurtures. Set in the Masafer Yatta region on…
5 Things I Learned from John Leguizamo's "VOCES American Historia"
…Indigenous medical excellence. The Mayans Had Toilets Before The White House Did We have an ingrained, colonized habit of automatically assuming that anything “advanced” must have come from Europe. In…
"The Bear" Season 4 Is Too Cold and Tired to Cook
…to be. More like they’ve accepted defeat, and so has the show. And can we talk about Liza Colón-Zayas for a second? Because what in the bistec encebollado is going…
Tribeca's "Esta Isla" Is The Mythic Coming-Of-Age, Puerto Rican Film I Needed
My relationship with Puerto Rican cinema is, in one word, complicated. Born and raised on the archipelago (but colonized in my way of thinking), I used to run away at…
Celebrating the Pride of Puerto Rico Queer Filmfest 2025
…is much needed, when you consider that between 2019 and 2021, six trans persons were murdered here. After all, in our society, we are force-fed patriarchy, religious fanaticism, and colonial…