TOP LATINO MOTION PICTURES

TOP LATINO MOTION PICTURES Latinopia defines Latino motion pictures as those movies having to do with the Latin American experience written, produced and or directed by people from Central America, … [Read more...]

LATINA FILMAKERS

The Boyle Heights Latina Independent Film Extravaganza yearly celebrates the film and video work of Latina filmmakers. Ranging from documentaries and narrative films to music videos, the works signal … [Read more...]

TOP TEN BOOKS ON LATINO CINEMA

TEN TOP BOOKS ON LATINO CINEMA ______________________________________________________________________________ HISPANICS IN HOLLYWOOD By Luis Reyes ad Peter Rubie Garland Publishing, Inc. New … [Read more...]

LATINOPIA CINEMA LINKS

LATINOPIA CINEMA LINKS: NALIP (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS). This national organization promotes Latinos in television and motion pictures. Their weekly newsletter keeps … [Read more...]

TALES OF TORRES 3.09.14 “LATINO BLACKS IN BASEBALL”

March 9, 2014 By Luis R. Torres 24936Leave a Comment2014-03-10+05%3A24%3A21Luis+R.+Torres

LATIN BLACKS IN BASEBALL BEFORE JACKIE ROBINSON. The start of the Major League Baseball season is just around the corner and that seems like a good time to look back at some of the very early contributions to the game made by Latin ballplayers. Not to take anything away from the monumental social and cultural […]

ZOMBIE MEX DIARIES 3.09.14 “MY LAZO!”

March 9, 2014 By JT 24940Leave a Comment2014-03-10+05%3A40%3A37JT

I was walking behind Lazaro when Mr Neza stopped reached out and grabbed him by the arm. As Lazaro turned to him I saw something that stopped me in my tracks. Lazaro’s face was completely white, like all the blood had drained form his face. Then it hit me–he had reverted back to his zombie […]

ANGELA’S PHOTO OF THE WEEK “DOWNTOWN L.A.”

March 9, 2014 By angela ortiz 24938Leave a Comment2014-03-10+05%3A33%3A07angela+ortiz

DTLA I enjoy the juxtaposition of the new and old architecture of the buildings in downtown Los Angeles. Continuing from my Instagram series (http://instagram.com/amosart).

WHO YOU TALKIN’ TO FANNY? 2.27.14 “LUIS ALFARO”

February 27, 2014 By Fanny Garcia 24914Leave a Comment2014-02-27+20%3A02%3A29Fanny+Garcia

AN INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT LUIS ALFARO ABOUT ST. JUDE, A PLAY FIRST LIVED ON FACEBOOK. BY FANNY GARCIA Luis Alfaro is a performance artist, writer, theater director, social justice activist, and professor at the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California. I first met him when he directed a workshop production of […]

LATINOPIA WORD ROLANDO HINOJOSA “THE YOUNG WILL WRITE”

By Tia Tenopia on March 9, 2014

Rolando Hinojosa is a celebrated Chicano author with more than a dozen novels and short story collections including the highly acclaimed The Valley, winner of the Casa De Las Americas international literary prize. On March 13, 2014 Rolando Hinojosa was honored with the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award given by the National Book Critics Circle. […]

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