“Is it possible to have a normal life after cancer?” The question is the premise for the new web series, Happy Cancer Chick, based on a blog written by Dominican American actress/writer Jenny Saldaña. In the premier episode, viewers are introduced to breast cancer survivor, Lola Manola, and follow her as she navigates a life [...]
VidLit: Latino author taps into Youtube to share readings of his works with wider audience
Book readings are a great way for readers to meet and hear their favorite authors and for authors to gauge readers’ reactions to their works. Unfortunately, in these economic times, it’s not as often as it used to be that authors can travel around to bookstores or libraries and indulge their readers with a personal [...]
Intrn’l Video: Capturing the beauty and the challenges of saving the Galápagos Islands
International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP) spearheads the Galápagos Alliance. ILCP Fellow Ralph Lee Hopkins set out to tell the story of the Galápagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site protected for all humanity. He wanted to make photographic images that capture this fragile eco-region, its rich biodiversity, the people who live on the islands, [...]
Video: Latina doctoral student blazes trail in crocodile studies
There aren’t too many female crocodile hunters and there aren’t that many Latina scientists who have a love for the reptile in its true teeth-biting form. Yet one such woman exists and KPCC introduces us to Marisa Tellez. The 30-year-old graduate student is breaking new ground in the study of crocodilian immune systems and learning [...]
Video in Action: Behind-the-scenes of Spanish filmmaker’s spot celebrating 50 yrs of Amnesty International
So what goes into creating a film, especially a film about an important milestone of the one of the most highly visible organizations in the world? Spanish filmmaker Carlos Lascano created a short film last year celebrating the 50th anniversary of Amnesty International. Known for his work in animation, Lascano mixes mediums in creating films [...]
Going Global on a Shoestring and a Smartphone
By Richard Lakin CSRwire In the past year, the ability of digital media to promote social change has been amply proven by the Arab Spring, WikiLeaks, and the Occupy movement. We saw this start a few years ago in Iran, but in the last 12-14 months there has been an even more robust and growing [...]