THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA 6.18.17
THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: RICARDO MENDEZ MATTA ON THE DIRECTOR AND THE FIRST A.D., BURUNDANGA BORICUA ON THE PUERTO RICAN PARADE AND THE 2017 PLEBICITE, JUAN AGUSTÍN MÁRQUEZ ON THE LAST COLONY AND … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA THE DIRECTOR AND THE FIRST A.D.
Latinopia Cinema The Director & The A.D. from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. The partnership between the Director and the First Assistant Director of a film is a crucial and valuable collaboration. … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 6.18.17 COINCIDENCIAS Y ACCIDENTES DEL DESTINO
¡Vaya con los accidentes del destino! Coinciden el 11 de junio de 2017 el Desfile Puertorriqueño en Nueva York y el Plebiscito para la Descolonización Inmediata de Puerto Rico en la Isla. Dos … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE THE LAST COLONY TRAILER
Juan Augustín Márquez is the writer and director of the feature length documentary The Last Colony. Latinopia is proud to showcase the trailer for this important film. T … [Read more...]
CHICANO MUSIC CHRONICLES GABRIEL MANZO
This month Mark Guerrero interviews legendary guitar stylist Gabriel Manzo on his decades-long musical career playing and discussing the tracks on Manzo’s acclaimed CD “Manzo Rally.” Gabriel Manzo is … [Read more...]
BORICUAS AND CHICANOS – A COMMON BOND
I was eight years old when I was became aware that the universe I inhabited in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles included people who were Latino but not Mexican like me. When I asked … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA BIOGRAPHY MIGUEL ALGARÍN
Miguel Algarín is a Puerto Rican poet and social activist renowned as co-founder of the legendary Nuyorican Poets Café. He is the author of more than ten published books of poetry, is the editor of … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD RICHARD MONTOYA ‘WHAT IS GREATEST CHICANO POEM?”
In 1974, Chicano poets José Montoya and José Antonio Burciaga traveled to New York to meet with Puerto Rican poets of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. On a street corner in Loisaida (the Lower East Side of … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA BIOGRAPHY RAMÓN EMETERIO BETANCES
Ramón Emeterio Betances Y Alacán Ramón Emeterio Betances is recognized as the “Father of the Puerto Rican Nation” for his life long involvement in the pursuit of liberty and his leadership in … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD JOSE MURATTI ON POETRY
Latinopia Word Jose Muratti on Poetry from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. José E. Muratti Toro is a Puerto Rican poet who resides in San Juan and is a regular contributor to Latinopia.com. His book, … [Read more...]
BRAVO ROAD with DON FELIPE THE LATINO DIASPORA AND HERMANDAD
THE LATINO DIASPORA AND HERMANDAD I At the moment the U.S. Census Bureau calculates there are about 60 million American Hispanics—not Hispanic Americans—in the United States, all of whom are … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 6.11.17 LIBERAL REPUBLICANS
The times, they surely did change… Bob Dylan’s 1964 song “The times, they are a-changing” was popular during a dynamic political era, a period when grassroots movements—civil rights, Black Power, … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 5.14.17 LANGUAGE RACISM
Language racism… He couldn't speak English, so me and the other workers made fun of him. State Rep. Russell Pearce, referring to a teenage co-worker. Arizona Republic, February 11, 2005 Native … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “THEY ARE STILL THERE”
Liz H. Colunga received her MFA degree in Film Production at the University of North Texas. Her compassion for Latinos who are serving in the Iraq and Afghanistan fronts inspired this moving … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2009 ACTIVISTS REUNION
In the 1960s, conditions for Mexican Americans and other Latinos in the United States were bleak. Latinos experienced high unemployment, poor housing, a 50% drop out rate at high schools where … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2009 ACTIVIST REUNION 2
The Chicano Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s was in response to decades of discrimination and social inequality experienced by the Mexican American community in the Untied States. The … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.28.17 AHÍ VIENE EL LOBO
Informe de Retroceso/ Ahí viene el lobo El compás sigue siendo de espera, el lobo se ha avistado desde lejos y todo el mundo sabe que viene, sus gruñidos se oyen y su aliento fétido se perciben … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA MUSIC LOUIE PÉREZ “LOS LOBOS”
Los Lobos is the premiere band of East Los Angeles. Formed in 1973, the band has won three Grammys and an international following. Latinopia asked the group's drummer and songwriter, Louie Pérez, how … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA EVENT 2009 CHICANO ACTIVIST REUNION 3
In this third and final report on the 2009 reunion of Chicano Movement activists, convened in Dallas, Texas and attended by hundreds of activists, we hear from reunion organizer José Angel Gutíerrez … [Read more...]