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“Seeking Mavis Beacon” Uses Nostalgia in the Best Way

by Brittany MenjivarOctober 7, 2024

Nostalgia-powered documentary “Seeking Mavis Beacon” offers forward-thinking discussions about representation, digital footprint, and privacy.

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Grateful and Funny, Julia Alvarez Has Lived a Life in New PBS Doc

by Cristina EscobarSeptember 17, 2024

“Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined” presents a the author as comfortable acknowledging her own weaknesses as fighting for her community.

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“Reading Rainbow” Is As Relevant As Ever

by Jassyel GomezSeptember 12, 2024

Our stories deserve to be protected and deserve to be told. “Reading Rainbow” spread that message twenty years ago and now it’s our turn.

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12 Latine Projects to Catch at TIFF 2024

by Alejandra Martinez, MSISAugust 29, 2024

The TIFF 2024 slate is full of Latine adaptations, dramas, and docs, promising something for cinema lovers of all kinds.

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“Sugarcane” and the Systemic Abuse of Indigenous Children

by Toni GonzalesAugust 22, 2024

“Sugarcane” shows how state-funded, Catholic-run schools abused and killed tens of thousands of Indigenous children across North America.

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The Palestinian Girls of 2002’s “Jenin, Jenin” and Today Deserve Peace

by Lola RosarioJuly 17, 2024

“I’d like to say something that has nothing to do with hope or anything like that. But to the Israelis, I have [this] to say – ‘Proud as eagles we will live. Erect as lions we will die.’ May each Israeli bear this in mind.” The girl in the 2002 documentary, Jenin, Jenin, can be […]