TOP BOOKS ON LATINO CINEMA
TEN BOOKS ON LATINO CINEMA ______________________________________________________________________________ HISPANICS IN HOLLYWOOD By Luis Reyes ad Peter Rubie Garland Publishing, Inc. New York … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 8.23.15 “LA PATRIA PARTE DOS”
Parte II La Situación del País El Primer Reporte Anual del gobernador al presidente William McKinley en 1901 es un tesoro de información de época y una clave crucial para intentar entender, … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 8.15.15 “HOMELAND (PATRIA) PARTE UNO”
Cuba ñañigo y bachata, Haití vodú y calabaza, Puerto Rico, burundanga. — Luis Palés Matos. Nota Introductoria El siguiente ensayo continua una jornada que pretende dar sentido … [Read more...]
MIRÁNDOLO BIEN with EDUARDO DÍAZ 8.02.15 “LA MARCHA NO HA TERMINADO”
And what should I say? That I am tired? That the road is long and the end is nowhere in sight? I did not come to sing because I have such a good voice. Nor do I come to cry about my bad … [Read more...]
YOGATALKS with JULIE CARMEN ‘WHY YOGA?”
Yoga Talk With Julie Carmen Why Yoga from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Julie Carmen (http://www.juliecarmenactress.com) is an accomplished actress, licensed family therapist and yoga therapist. In this … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD PAT MORA ON HOUSE OF HOUSES
Pat Mora is a New Mexican poet and novelist known for her depictions of the Southwest. Her acclaimed novel, House of Houses,tells the multi-generational story of her extended family. Latinopia learned … [Read more...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 7.20.15 “BARRIO SELF-DETERMINATION”
Barrio self-determination An underlying principle of all Liberation movements—labor, women, civil rights, etc.— is the most fundamental civil right, self-determination: the right of people to … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA RICHARD YÑIGUEZ ON RAÍCES DE SANGRE
The film Raíces de Sangre (Roots of Blood) is considered a classic of early Chicano Cinema. Written and directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño the film was released in 1979. Latinopia asked thre star of … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 7.05.15 “LA CRISIS ECONÓMICA”
Burundanga de Zocotroco José M. Umpierre La Burundanga está que arde. El Gobernador de Puerto Rico, tras declaraciones a la prensa en Nueva York, compareció ante el país vía televisión con el … [Read more...]
YOGA TALK WITH JULIE CARMEN 10.26.15 “REVOLVING TRIANGLE POSE”
Why Yoga Revolving Triangle Pose from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Julie Carmen (http://www.juliecarmenactress.com) is an accomplished actress, licensed family therapist and yoga therapist. In this … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA CINEMA JULIE CARMEN ON DAWN PATROL
Actress Julie Carmen known for such movies as John Cassevetes' Gloria (1980) and Robert Redford's Milagro Benafield War (1988) took a hiatus from acting to raise two children. But Julie Carmen is back … [Read more...]
TALES OF TORRES 7.12.15 “THE CHICANO GENERATION”
I now have a little granddaughter and I’m thinking that when she’s old enough she just might ask, “What did you do in the Chicano Movement, grandpa?” I should live that long. She’s one year old. I’m … [Read more...]
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...]
POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SAL BALDENEGRO 6.21.15 “SECRET LEADER AMONGST US”
The secret “leaders” amongst us… Circa 1988 I wrote an essay entitled “Why are we so mean to our heroes and heroines and so nice to the vendidos?” in which I lamented the tendency of many … [Read more...]
LATINOPIA WORD DENISE CHÁVEZ MENU GIRLS
Latinopia Menu Girls from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Denise Chávez is a New Mexico author whose novel Face of an Angel won the American Book Award. Here she reads from her first novel, Last of the … [Read more...]
SERENDIPITY WITH JULIO MEDINA 6.07.15
Graveyard, Estaqueria Grande, Peru 1966 … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.24.15 “THE LIBERATOR” ENGLISH VERSION
The Libertador Simón Bolivar is the most prominent figure in the War for Independence of South America; for ten years he fought more than one hundred battles against the Spanish Empire, leading … [Read more...]
BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 5.31.15 “WAR AGAINST ALL PUERTO RICANS”
A título personal y (osadamente) a nombre de esa masa grande de Boricuas que padecemos de Pasión Histórica, expreso agradecimiento a Nelson A. Denis por su libro War Against All Puertorricans: … [Read more...]