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LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “LA HORA DEL TÉ”

Luis R. Quintero is a director based in Los Angeles whose projects including major studio productions, independent films, television pilots and web series. His short drama "La Hora del Té" (Tea Time) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: Chicano cinema, La Hora Del Te, Luis Quintero

August 7, 2011 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA CINEMA A.P. GONZALEZ “THE WETBACK”

Latinopia Cinema A.P. Gonzalez The Wetback from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. A.P.Gonzalez is a writer/director and professor at the University of California at Los Angeles. His most recent film, which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA CINEMA Tagged With: A.P. Gonzalez, Chicano cinema, films on th eimmigrant experience, The Wetback

April 29, 2018 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA SHOWCASE “LOVE IN THE TIME OF ALBINO”

Gabriel Carmona and Branden Selman are the founders of Nac Film Theory, an independent film company based in Nagotchoches, Texas. Both of these talented filmmakers produce, direct, film, edit and act  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA SHOWCASE Tagged With: branden Selman, Chicano cinema, Gabriel Carmona, Love in the Time of Albino, Nac Ilm Theory, new wave Chicano Cinema, What's New

April 13, 2014 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA CINEMA BERUMEN ON RAMÓN NOVARRO

Latinopia Cinema Berumen on Ramón Navarro from Latinopia.com on Vimeo. Frank Javier Berumen is a film scholar and author of several landmark books on Latino cinema including Brown Celluloid, Latino … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA CINEMA Tagged With: Chicano cinema, Frank Javier Berumen, Ramon Novarro, The first Hollywood Superstar

March 26, 2017 by Tia Tenopia

LATINOPIA CINEMA “JOSE LUIS RUIZ ON CHICANO!”

Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement was a four-hour PBS documentary series broadcast in 1997. Jose Luis Ruiz was the Executive Producer of the company that produced the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA CINEMA Tagged With: Chicano cinema, Chicano documentaries, Chicano! History of the Mexican Americna Civil Rights Movement, José Luis Ruiz

January 11, 2015 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 CINEMA JOHN VALADEZ ON “WAR AND PEACE”

John Valadez is the producer and director of two hours of the six-part PBS documentary series, "Latino Americans." In his episode titled "War and Peace", John took on the task of documenting the story … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cinema/TV, LATINOPIA CINEMA Tagged With: Chicano cinema, John Valadez, Latino Americans, Ware an dPeace

September 29, 2013 by Tia Tenopia

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.20.26

August 19, 2026 By wpengine

The Shadow of the Sun is a film about two brothers who believed in one another and are chasing a dream. The brothers are close, but their lives are filled with financial struggles, boredom, interpersonal conflicts, and confrontations with local bullies. They eventually look to music as a path to financial stability and a possible […]

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 8.14.26 WATER (ENGLISH VERSION)

August 14, 2026 By wpengine

José M. Umpierre Journalistic reports are usually composed of events, data and the way in which the event is reflected or affects people. In that case, the event is the water situation in Puerto Rico, since I am part of the affected human contingent, the affective content is yours truly. The Data The water situation […]

POLITICAL SALSA Y MÁS with SALOMON BALDENEGRO 8.14.26 FEMINISTS BEFORE THEIR TIME PART TWO

August 14, 2026 By wpengine

Part II of Feminists before their times… “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman.”    Melinda French Gates, American philanthropist In Part I of this series, I noted that back in the day, before the term “feminist” was popular, there were many strong, assertive women within our community. I refer to them […]

RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT 8.14.26 THE RAMIREZ SISTERS EXPLORE CULTURE AND BELONGING

August 14, 2026 By wpengine

Latina artists Manola and Maria Ramirez’s exhibition, Había Una Vez, at Centro Cultural Aztlán in San Antonio, brings their interest in participation and visual storytelling into an immersive gallery setting. On view through August 27, 2026, the installation at the Centro Cultural Aztlán explores and commemorates the culture, memories, bicultural identities, and often fractured experiences […]

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LATINOPIA ART GASPAR ENRÍQUEZ 1 “RETROSPECTIVE”

By Tia Tenopia on May 4, 2014

Gaspar Enríquez is a renowned Chicano artist whose airbrush portraits of barrio youth are haunting and memorable. Drawing from museums and collectors around the United States, in April 2014, the El Paso Museum of Art mounted a retrospective of Gaspar’s art titled Metaphors of the Barrio. Latinopia visited the exhibit and asked Gaspar what inspires […]

Category: Art, LATINOPIA ART

LATINOPIA FOOD “JALAPEÑO SODA BREAD” RECIPE

By Tia Tenopia on March 14, 2011

Jalapeño Irish Soda Bread The sweetness of traditional Irish soda bread ingredients—raisins, buttermilk, some sugar—are richly complimented by jalapeño heat. Here’s a soda bread recipe from Ireland brought to the USA from Galway by Mary Patricia Reilly Murray and later transformed  with her blessing by her daughter, Bobbi Murray, who added jalapeño chile.  A real […]

Category: Cooking, Food, LATINOPIA FOOD

LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA “PACHUCO PORTFOLIO”

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.

Category: LATINOPIA WORD, Literature

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