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Gael Garcia Bernal & Camilo Lara Join Growing List of Latinos Working on Pixar’s Dia de Muertos Film
*The movie opens in theaters in November of 2017. VL By Andrew S. Vargas, Remezcla (3 minute read) It’s been over a year since we last reported on the tortured saga […]
This Short Film Explains the Essence of Dia de Muertos In Three Minutes
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco It’s a simple premise: the dead are not dead as long as we remember them. In Dia de los Muertos, an award-winning student animated film, a […]
The Latino Who Filmed The Eric Garner Video Is Behind Bars
*The night after he recorded the Eric Garner murder, cops drove by Ramsey Orta’s street, shinning lights into his house. VL By Christopher Mathias, Huffington Post (3.5 minute read) The man […]
DIECIOCHO Podcast: Film maker Helctor Galán and his movie Willie Velásquez: Su Voto Es Su Voz
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco A lot went in to the making of the documentary Willie Velasquez: Su Voto Es Su Voz. It premiers tonight (Monday, Oct. 3, 2016) at 9:30pm […]
NewsTaco Podcast, Episode 9: Film Maker Carlos Sandoval, A Class Apart
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Documentary film maker Carlos Sandoval has a knack for doing deep-dives into issues and events that frame the U.S. Latino experience. He was in San Antonio […]
16 Latino Films to See in 2016
*While everyone else is watching the new Star Wars flick, you might want to catch some of these. VL By David Salazar, Latin Post 2015 turned out to be a […]
Stereotypes In Food And Film
*That stuff you buy that’s covered in yellow cheese, with spicy rice and fatty, tasteless beans? Adán Medrano says it’s a stereotype. VL By Adán Medrano, Adán’s Blog Stereotypes appear […]
New ‘Star Wars’ film will be first to have Latino lead actor
*The Star Wars movie won’t be out until December, and already it’s creating a huge buzz. Issac’s character is called Poe Dameron. VL By Camilo Smith, La Voz de Houston […]
Film Gives Voice to the Lives, Toils of Latina Dub Actresses
*This is interesting. File under “who knew?” VL By Kell Carrion, NBC News When Gabrielle Solis speaks on the Spanish language version of “Desperate Housewives”, it’s the voice of Ivette […]
Coming Soon: Free Netflix-Like Site Exclusively for Latin American Film
*Here’s what I like about this story: Companies like Netflix and other content streamers know that Latinos binge watch their product more than any other consumer group, and those companies […]