Celebrating Latin Cinema at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival
Celebrating Latin Cinema at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival
In an industry where Latinos make up just over five percent of lead actors and two percent of film directors, representation on top stages is a high priority. That rings especially true at Sundance Film Festival, a world-renowned incubator of independent cinema, where small budget indie films are often launched [...]
TUMBAO, NYC’s Hottest New Pop-Up, Celebrates Latin American Creativity
TUMBAO, NYC’s Hottest New Pop-Up, Celebrates Latin American Creativity
After working a few years in the fashion industry, Valentina Pozo felt that she hadn’t seen the full potential for a space for Latin art, design, community, and hospitality realized. The result? She founded her own: TUMBAO. TUMBAO, launched two years ago, is a pop-up concept showcasing the work [...]
Luis Guzmán Revives the Gomez Legacy in Netflix’s Adaptation of the Addams Family
Luis Guzmán Revives the Gomez Legacy in Netflix’s Adaptation of the Addams Family
Netflix’s stab at the infamous Addams Family arc concentrates on the titular teenager Wednesday, played by Jenna Ortega. The eight-episode season, shot in Bucharest, Romania and executive produced by Tim Burton, inspects a macabre chain of murders that take place at Gomez (Luis Guzmán) and Morticia Addams's (Catherine Zeta-Jones) [...]
NPR’s Messi-Centered Podcast Explores Fútbol, Immigration, and Belonging
NPR’s Messi-Centered Podcast Explores Fútbol, Immigration, and Belonging
Like many Latinos, Jasmine Garsd grew up living and breathing fútbol. She left her home city, Buenos Aires, for the United States two decades ago, but her passion for the sport and support for Argentina’s national soccer team remains intact. The NPR criminal justice correspondent is stepping out of her [...]
“El Carrito” Illuminates Intimate Corners of the American Immigrant Experience
“El Carrito” Illuminates Intimate Corners of the American Immigrant Experience
El Carrito” tells the story of a Mexican American street vendor, Nelly, living in Queens, New York. At the center of this story is her street cart, the titular carrito, which forces her to confront the ways she navigates her life for survival. Nelly has a hard choice to make: [...]
New Short Film from Colombia Explores Love, Loss, and Healing
New Short Film from Colombia Explores Love, Loss, and Healing
“Sana Que Sana” unveils an unfortunately common story in Latinx heritage, one afflicted by machismo and shame. It follows director Gabriella Aguirre’s grandmother as she collects the pieces of a shattered legacy, after learning that her husband of fifty years had been leading a secret life. Set in Cali, Colombia, [...]
6 Movies Spotlighting The Queer Experience In Latin America
6 Movies Spotlighting The Queer Experience In Latin America
From Mexico to Chile, films centered on queer narratives have had a long and complicated journey into mainstream cinema. Censorships, politics and prejudice are all obstacles for the the genre, particularly in Latin America, where LGBTQ+ individuals are largely underrepresented in all media. In this list, we’ve selected six [...]