Forget “Where’s Waldo”…. Try, “Where’s the Mexican?”
Forget “Where’s Waldo”…. Try, “Where’s the Mexican?”
Spot the Scary Mexicans and the Saucy Latina Femme Fatales! ‘The Scalphunters’ Edition! From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio Hit the image, a scandalous movie poster for The Scalphunters, and see […]
Finally, a Cinco de Mayo Campaign We Can Support
“Cinco de Mayo, La Batalla” to Premiere May 3 By Latino Rebels It’s a start. While most of the America will be donning silly sombreros, drinking cheap tequila and thinking […]
New Film Boosts Immigration Fight
By Associated Press, Santa Fe New Mexican WASHINGTON — The immigration overhaul pending before Congress is picking up more high-profile support as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell Jobs, […]
Hollywood Plays it Wrong With Latino Characters
By Esther Cepeda, Washington Post Writers Group/Indianapolis Star Hispanics, by virtue of their underdog status resulting from years of being painted as criminal immigrants by right-wing nativists, have become big-time […]
Film Hopes to Change Latino Stereotypes in Media
By Kristina Puga, NBCLatino Miguel Picker was tired of working in the media and film industry for more than two decades and continually seeing Latinos being depicted negatively, and not enough in […]
Latino Moviegoers a Big Part of Hollywood’s Future
By Rachel Nuwer, The Credits When population numbers are taken into account, Hispanics make up the heaviest percentage of moviegoers today. They represent 18 percent of the movie-going population but […]
Hispanic Coalition Objects to Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ Omission
By Nicole Sperling, Los Angeles Times The National Hispanic Media Coalition issued an open letter Tuesday to the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expressing their […]
‘Inocente,’ Short Documentary of Immigrant Wins Oscar
By Tony Castro, Voxxi There were no political speeches pressing for immigration reform at Sunday’s 85th Academy Awards, but a documentary short about an undocumented immigrant was one of the […]
Lupe Ontiveros Omitted from Oscar Memorial Ignites Controversy
By Nina Terrero, NBCLatino Lupe Ontiveros appeared in more than 100 films and dozens of television shows before passing away from liver cancer in July 2012 and was praised by members of the […]
Bless Me, Miriam
By Maria Hinojosa, Latino USA The new film Bless Me, Ultima based on the Rudolfo Anaya novel is out now in theaters. Maria Hinojosa speaks to actor Miriam Colon, who stars as […]
