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Video: The 2012 Latino State of the Union
Published on 21 Feb, 2012 at 9:36 in Videos | Viewed 95 times | No Comments
On February 16, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) released the 2012 Latino State of the Union at the Newseum in Washington DC. U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis delivered the keynote address followed by a panel discussion featuring various representatives of federal and private agencies talking about civil rights, law and
Social Justice in Video: Famous Hollywood director turns the lens on Alabama H.B. 56
On June 9, 2011, Alabama enacted H.B. 56—the most extreme state-level anti-immigrant bill passed to date. It has been nine months since the law’s passage and its path of destruction is still palpable from children too afraid to come to school to potential economic losses of up to $10.8 billion. People from all walks of life
Viernes Video: Latino veteran writes, directs and produces new twist on war film
Published on 17 Feb, 2012 at 12:51 in Videos | Viewed 230 times | No Comments
What would it be like if the U.S.A. was invaded by another country? Invaded by its own Government? In the film, Invasion, Richard is a hard working office manager, whose love for his family motivates him to get through one of the worst case scenarios in America. The film is directed, written and produced by
Guatemala: How many people can you fit inside a bus? First Guinness World Record for Guatemala
By Rudy Girón REVUE: Guatemala’s English-language Magazine GUATEMALA — In Poland they were able to get 209 people inside a bus. That was the Guinness World Record until yesterday (February 12) when in Jocotenango they were able to get 221 people and one chicken inside the chicken bus. This will be the first Guinness World
Art in video: Latino team creates music video with a social message about bullying
Young musical artist Joel Hernandez and music video director Fanny Veliz teamed up together in “Sharp Knives” to show that bullying comes in many forms, but that the words people use to insult, intimidate, demean and humiliate leave lasting wounds and create false assumptions and labels whether they’re delivered by phone, in person or through
International Video: Docu-Comedy about a Cuban artist traveling back to her roots
Published on 15 Feb, 2012 at 12:17 in Videos | Viewed 176 times | No Comments
Making its World Premiere at SXSW 2012, Amor Cronico follows the flamboyant Grammy nominated Cuban-born and New York based singer CuCu Diamantes on her tour around Cuba. The film interweaves footage of live musical performances with a fictional love story narrative. It’s being billed as a “Cuban Musical Romantic Docu-Comedy.” It is a unique road
Video for Thought: Connecting with opportunities grows Latino voices
Published on 14 Feb, 2012 at 14:28 in Videos | Viewed 136 times | No Comments
Flavio Morales, senior vice president of programming and production at mun2, shares his reasons with TEDx Washington Heights audience members why more Latino voices are needed to be heard in society. He urges Latinos to help one another to connect with opportunities and, in the process, gain a wider reflection of who Latinos are in
Sharing digital hearts in free online game brings “light” to impoverished Guatemalan villages
LatinaLista — Valentine’s Day is all about giving your heart to friends, family, classmates or co-workers to show them how much you care. But what if you could show how much you care to some impoverished children in two remote Guatemalan villages who desperately need electricity for their schools — and you don’t have to
Video: Documentary looks at youth violence & encourages passage of Youth PROMISE Act
Across the country, young people are dying every day from senseless street violence. Many of their stories go untold, as do the solutions that could have saved their lives. The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising story of three “violence interrupters” in Chicago who try to protect their communities from the violence they once employed.
Viernes Video: Beating death of undocumented immigrant unites town against hate
Published on 10 Feb, 2012 at 14:28 in Videos | Viewed 197 times | No Comments
“Not In Our Town: Light In The Darkness” is a documentary about the violent beating and death of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero at the hands of a group of teenagers on Long Island in 2008. The documentary is about how the residents of Patchogue, New York came together to take action after anti-immigrant violence devastated
