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Blacklisted New Mexico film gets atonement

Mary Mata March 4, 2014

By Russell Contreras, Associated Press/Seattle Post-Intelligencer ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 1954 movie about a real-life miners’ strike that was blacklisted during the Red Scare is being celebrated in New […]

Venezuela opposition revels in expressions of support at Oscars

Mary Mata March 3, 2014

Why The “Mexican Oscar” Story Might Just Be Another Hollywood Myth

Mary Mata

What Latinos want from media

Mary Mata February 27, 2014

By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post CHICAGO — Farewell CNN Latino, which I never once watched. The Spanish-language programming, which aired in Miami, Los Angeles, New York and other top Hispanic […]

Guadalupe’s CineFestival Features The Best In Latino Independent Films

Mary Mata February 25, 2014

By Jack Morgan, Texas Public Radio CineFestival is based out of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and began last week, running through Saturday. “It’s been going for 36 years, so […]

The first Chapo Guzman corrido, post capture, with lyrics

Mary Mata

By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog This appears to be the first corrido written about the capture of El Chapo. Pretty quick. Pretty rough. Reminds me of some old blues […]

Report from Hollywood: Latinas More Often Naked On-Camera

Mary Mata February 21, 2014

By Kat Stoeffel, New York Magazine Alas, the girl-powered Hunger Games did not single-handedly undo the gender imbalance entrenched in the United States film industry. According to the Women’s Media Center’s annual report, the […]