…the way, the film touches up, but never goes into, themes of white savior, colonialism, religious manipulation of native people, and working-class uprisings. Performances Vary from Amazing to Passable Zendaya…
…teaches us the U.S. history missing from the “mainstream.” The tome covers five centuries in the U.S. – “from the European colonization of the Americas to the 2020 election.” For…
…that context dives into issues like colonialism, xenophobia, sexism, transphobia, family separation, and anti-blackness — all of these different things, because for me you have to. As women who are…
At the end of the first episode of Netflix’s The Crown Season 6, Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) enters her Kensington Palace rooms. She finds them filled with red and fuschia…
…another casualty of colonization. Which brings me to another point the film tackles surrounding our socio-economic-political label ‘U.S. territory’ (code for colony). Director and screenwriter Figueroa plays with juxtaposition, not…
ADIFF Adriana Santos Adrienne Nicole Levario Alan Baez Alejandra Martinez, MSIS Alexa De La Fuente Alexis Terrazas Alicia Ramírez Alyssa Lizarraga Alyssa Reynoso Morris Ana María Enciso Noguera Andrea Cañizares-Fernandez…
…low expectations of Latinx art. It plays expertly with its elements, juxtaposing its comic elements with growing suspense to make a taught work of social commentary that lampoons colonialism. And…
White supremacy is scary as fuck. It’s the evil idealogy powered by the colonial world order, creating a hierarchy of humans as if light skin can equate to worth rather…
De La Calle is an Anthony-Bourdain-style travel show but instead of food, its organizing principle is music – specifically Latin, street music. In each of the eight episodes, the show…
…hag, Bustamante’s version frames her murdering her children as a response to the violence of colonialism, choosing death for her kids in lieu of suffering a lifetime at the hands…
