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Ralph Villanueva
Dec 12, 2024
Una Mezcla: Miguel Martinez and His Film Short With Your Life
With Your Life is part of a larger project exploring themes of immigration and the deeply human stories shaped by these forces.
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Nayeli Rincon
Dec 11, 2024
Mestizo Power, Identity, & CW's The Originals
The Originals: a lens through which we can explore the lasting impacts of colonial legacies and complexitities of mestizo subjectivities.
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Melissa Castillo Planas
Nov 20, 2024
La Cocina: A Radical Shift in Perspective on Restaurant Life!
If La Cocina were a restaurant and I a restaurant critic, this film would get three Michelin stars
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Andrea M. Escalante
Oct 25, 2024
Marcello Hernández: Latin King of SNL
Hernández’s comedy has come from his culture, family traditions, and poking fun at stereotypes.
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Kevin Anzzolin
Oct 22, 2024
What Gentefied Got Right: The Rise of Latino Conservatives and the 2024 Showdown on Woke-ism!
Two years ahead of its time, Gentefied challenged us to grapple with topics that are now central to the 2024 presidential election.
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Ralph Villanueva
Oct 14, 2024
Los Que No Han Encontrado: The Harrowing Tragedy of Ayotzinapa's 43 Disappeared Students
HBO has released a 5-part docuseries that looks at 43 murdered students in Ayotzinapa, Mexico
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Jennifer Gómez Menjívar
Aug 18, 2024
Problemista: A Surrealist Venture into the Immigration Complex
Review of Julio Torres's Problemista--a tribute to an El Salvador that has seldom—if ever—been depicted on film!
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Ralph Villanueva
Jul 18, 2024
Get Those Line Drivers Out: A Review of Julio Quintana’s The Long Game
Ralph Villenueva Reviews of Julio Quintana's film The Long Game
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Anjana Bhat
Jul 6, 2024
The Versatility of Gina Rodriguez in Hollywood: Adventurer, Dreamer, & Trailblazer
Review article that explores the roles Latina actor Gina Rodriguez has played
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Gayathri Suseel
Jun 13, 2024
One Day at a Time: A Momentary Change in the Tide of Latinx Representation
One Day at a Time points to a shift in tide in Latinx representation in popular culture.
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Emily Snyder
May 22, 2024
Los Exóticos de la Lucha Libre: Subverted Masculinity in Cassandro
The lyrics of Celia Cruz’s “Yo viviré” rhythmically play out above a brightly lit luchador ring in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico in the beginning...
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Moises Hernandez
May 22, 2024
Wakanda Forever’s Eco-Permissible Latinx Worldbuilding
Wakanda Forever builds into its story a significant eco-permissible Latinx moment.
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Ralph Villanueva
May 16, 2024
Ralph Villanueva Reviews Manolo Caro's Film, Fiesta en la Madriguera / Down the Rabbit Hole
What is especially intriguing is the focus on Tochtli, his point of view, imagination, shifting understanding of language, writing, truth.
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Jaelene Ramirez
Apr 11, 2024
BIPOC PoP Animation Festival 2024
The BIPOC Pop Animation Festival Celebrates the best work from up-and-coming animators!
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Dani Orozco
Mar 27, 2024
Woeful Justice & Joy in Wednesday
Netflix’s Wednesday is doing something new, something highly noticeable.
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Dan Johnson
Mar 18, 2024
Villanueve’s Dune 2 & Fajardo’s Crude: A Commentary on Interstellar Coloniality of Power & Terrestrial Corporate Greed
Fictional empire though it may be, Dune films take place in a universe where natural resource extraction and political power go hand in hand
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Ivan Martinez
Feb 27, 2024
Into the Intergalactic STEAM-verse: An Interview with José Morey
It’s through media and arts that kids can see how new ways of fitting into and transforming the world.
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Anjana Bhat
Feb 19, 2024
Nikki Rodriguez & the Teeter-Totter of Color-Conscious & Color-Blind Representation
Nikki Rodriguez is an undoubtedly rising sensation among fans of the young adult genre. The 22-year-old Latina actress has appeared in...
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John Edward Martin
Feb 14, 2024
A Novela of My Own: A Review of "Zorro" (2024)
When I visit my mom, we spend most of our time cooking, chatting, and watching telenovelas, her favorite entertainment. My Spanish...
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Dani Orozco & Cristina Rivera
Feb 4, 2024
Rosie's Rules and the Making of Inclusive TV: An Interview with Mariana Díaz-Wionczek
Have you seen the animated kid’s TV series, Rosie’s Rules? If not, hop on the PBS Kids website or app. and you can catch it for free. In...
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Alia Hudroge
Nov 7, 2023
Latine Narrative Futurities and The Owl House
Here’s to a future full of stories for weird, queer, Latine kids.
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