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LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “THE BRICK PEOPLE”

Alejandro Morales is an acclaimed author whose novel "The Brick People" is the story of the Mexicans who worked at the Simons Brick Yard. Their work was crucial to the growth of Los Angeles and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE

February 27, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “HARVEST OF LONELINESS”

Dr. Gilbert González is a Professor Emeritus in Chicano and Latin American Studies at the University of California at Irvine. He has produced a landmark documentary about the Bracero Program which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE

May 1, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE A.P. GONZALEZ “EL BÉISBOL”

A.P. Gonzalez is a director and producer with a life-long passion for baseball. His current project is a major long-form documentary about Latinos in American baseball. Latinopia is proud to showcase … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE

April 2, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE BANCARROTA TRAILER 3

Latinopia Showcase Bancarrota 3 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Following the 2015 crisis created by Puerto Rico’s inability to pay its $73 billion Wall Street debt, the U.S. Congress intervened and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Bancarrota, José M. Umpierre, Kendall marsh, Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis

January 26, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE BANCARROTA TEASER 2

Latinopia Showcase Bancarrota 2 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Following the 2015 crisis created by Puerto Rico's inability to pay its $73 billion Wall Street debt, the U.S. Congress intervened and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Bancarrota, film about Puerto Rico's debt crisis, José M. Umpierre, Kendall marsh

January 20, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE BANCARROTA TEASER 1

Latinopia Showcase Bancarrota 1 from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. In 2015, the Governor of Puerto Rico declared that the island's $73 billion debt owed to foreign investors was unpayable. Since that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Bancarrota, José M. Umpierre, Kendall marsh, Puerto Rican debt crisis

January 14, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

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...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Latino Veterans, Latinos in Iraq, Latinos in War

May 28, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE SANTURCE ES LEY

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE SANTURCE ES LEY from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Since 2010, the neighborhood of Santurce, in San Juan Puerto Rico, has celebrated Santurce Es Ley (Santurce Rules), a three-day arts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LATINOPIA ART, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Jose Umpierre, Kendall marsh, Santurce Arts Festival, Santurce Es Ley, Santurce Puerto Rico

May 23, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE RICARDO ACUÑA “SORRY”

Ricardo Lira Acuña is the author of three books of poetry and narrative fiction. He recently has branched out to video production.  Latinopia is proud to hsowcase his original visual poem, "Sorry," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE

August 27, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE CIRCO FEST

Latinopia Showcase Circo Fest from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Latinopia blogger Jose M. Umpierre takes a visual tour of Circo Fest, a festival of circus acts in the streets of San Juan, Puerto … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Circo Fest, circus acts in latin America, Jose Umpierre, Puerto Rican tehater

March 20, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE VOCES – ERASMO LÓPEZ

Soñia Escot is a journalism major completing her senior year at the University of Texas at Austin. She participated in the 2012 VOCES Oral History Editing Contest sponsored by the Journalism … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, History, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE

May 27, 2012 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “THIEVES AND LIARS”

Latinopia Showcase Thieves & Liars from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Ricardo Matta and Poli Marichal are producers of the independent motion picture Ladrons y Mentirosos (Thieves and Liars). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Ladrones y Mentirosos, Poli Marichal, Ricardo mendez Matta, Thieves and Liars

February 8, 2016 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE AGURUPHOBIA

Latinopia Showcase Aguruphobia from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Latinopia is proud to present the trailer for the new independently produced comedy Aguruphobia. The film stars Pepe Serna and Jade Puga, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Aguruphobia, Jade Puga, Pepe Serna, Richard Montes

October 4, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE DAWN PATROL

Daniel Petri Jr.'s feature film Dawn Patrol stars Scott Eastwood, Rita Wilson, Jeff Fahey and Julie Carmen. Latinopia is proud to showcase a scene from this film which deals with xenophobia and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Daniel Petri Jr., Dawn Patrol, Jeff Fehey, Julie Carmen, Rita Wilson, Scott Eastwood

June 21, 2015 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “LE FLEURISTE”

Gabriel Carmona and Branden Selman are co-founders of Nac Theory Films, an independent film collective based in Nacogdoches, Texas. Both of these creators wear multiple hats, writing, directing, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: branden Selman, films about immigrant love, Gabriel Carmona, Le Flueriste, Nac Film Theory

March 16, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “WORDS OF REVOLUTION”

Edward “Junior” Gonzalez is a second generation Salvadoran American who is also a director and freelance cameraman working in San Francisco. He is concerned about the negative perceptions many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Junior Gonzalez, Latino hip hop, Salvadoran hip hop, Salvadoran identity in the United States, What's New, Words of Revolution

July 14, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE DANIEL RIOS “INUNDATION”

Daniel Rios is an eighteen-year-old  high school student at Eastwood High School in El Paso, Texas. "Inundation" is a short dramatic film which he wrote, produced, directed and edited. He aspires to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: border violence in film, Chicano cinema, narcotraficante movies

March 6, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “TENDER LOVE”

Multi-talented Joe Hernández-Kolski  is a two-time HBO Def Poet, an accomplished actor and a hilarious stand-up comedian. "Tender Love," which Joe wrote and stars in, is a hilarious commentary on our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Benjamin Byron Davis, Joe Hernández-Kolski, Latino Comedians, Latino humor, Peter Alton, Tender Love

August 4, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE LOS ANGELES WARD #3 “COCKFIGHT”

Actress and director Jade Puga and writer/director Richard Montes are the creative duo behind Safada y Sano Productions, an independent company that produces webisodes and long form dramas. The Los … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Jade Puga, Los Angeles Ward, Richard Montes

June 10, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE LOS ANGELES WARD 2 “SOMEONE’S GOTTA PAY”

Los Angeles Ward is a futuristic web drama series starring Jade Puga.  The series is produced by the creative team of actress/writer/producer Jade Puga and writer/director Richard Montes.  The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Futuristic Los Angeles, Jade Puga, Los Angeles Ward, Richard Montes

April 29, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE LOS ANGELES WARD “THE VOICELESS”

Jade Puga and Richard Montes are a writing/producing/directing team whose company, Safada y Sano Productions, has produced webisodes as well as long form dramas.  Their webisode series "Los Angeles … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Jade Puga, Los Angeles Ward, Richard Montes, Safada y Sano Productions, The Voiceless

April 6, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

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RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 1.30.26 ALEJANDRO DÍAZ AT RUIZ-HEALY ART GALLERY

January 29, 2026 By wpengine

Alejandro Díaz, A Latino Texan-New Yorker Exhibits at Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery. Texas native Alejandro Díaz developed an artistic practice over thirty-five years grounded in the bicultural and visual mix of South Texas and Mexico, with formative ties to Mexico City in the early 1990s. He is known for multi-media work: cardboard signs, neon, sculpture, furniture, […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 1.30.26 NO PORK ON FRIDAYS – A DUAL CULTURAL LEGACY

January 29, 2026 By wpengine

The Rio Grande has long been more than a river dividing nations; it has been a meeting place of cultures, faiths, and hidden legacies.  Along its banks, towns in northern Mexico and South Texas became home to families who carried with them traditions that were not always spoken aloud.  Among these were crypto-Jews—descendants of Sephardic […]

EL PROFE QUEZADA NOS DICE 1.24.26 TWO MEXICAN FILM GREATS

January 24, 2026 By wpengine

During the 1940s and 1950s, two of the well-known Mexican actors of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema that I would see on the big screen at the Cine Azteca in the Barrio El Azteca were Arturo de Córdova and René Cardona.  The Cine Azteca was located at 311 Lincoln Street and was situated in the […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 1.24.26 CHICANO AND MEXICAN ART AT MCNAY MUSEUM

January 24, 2026 By wpengine

The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 as Texas’s first modern art museum, occupies Marion Koogler McNay’s Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in San Antonio. The museum is situated on 24 landscaped acres, featuring courtyards, a fish pond, and a beautiful nature garden. The museum’s collection of over 20,000 artworks showcases 19th- and 20th-century European and […]

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By Tia Tenopia on June 12, 2011

José Montoya is a renowned poet, artist and activist who has been in the forefront of the Chicano art movement. One of his most celebrated poems is titled “Pachuco Portfolio” which pays homage to the iconic and enduring character of El Pachuco, the 1940s  Mexican American youth who dressed in the stylish Zoot Suit.

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By Tia Tenopia on May 26, 2013

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