LatinaLista — It’s said that by 2018 the United States will need 22 million new workers with college degrees, but according to a new documentary Reconstructing the Dream, as a nation, we’re not meeting our own workforce needs. The reason is simple — the US educational system is so disconnected from one phase to another [...]
Viernes Video: New comedy/drama film based on true events shows the ‘Road to Juarez’ is a two-way street
LatinaLista — What happens when a Mexican American smalltime hustler finds himself back in the mother country abruptly trapped in the middle of a dangerous savage criminal enterprise? He ends up on “a journey to the heart of a past he had struggled to forget, only to learn that it will be the key to [...]
Video: Women of Mala Maña create music to share passion for social truths and justice
LatinaLista — In 2009, a group of talented, musical friends got together and decided that they should pool their talents and voices together to do good for their Albuquerque community. They formed the all-female voice and percussion ensemble known as Mala Maña. Performing Latin, African and mixed-global rhythms, the cross-cultural group of nine friends perform [...]
Intrn’l Video: A Mexican Chocolatier on a mission to elevate Mexico’s chocolate in the world
LatinaLista — José Ramón Castillo is a chocolatier but not of just any chocolate. Mexican-born and bred, Castillo is the owner of Que Bo!, a Mexican chocolate shop that is ushering in a revolution in how chocolate is made and enjoyed. He uses only natural juices of native fruits, water or alcohol to flavor his [...]
Video: Walking in the footsteps of a U.S. resistance fighter — Rosa Parks
LatinaLista — On Monday, February 4, 2013, on what would have been her 100th birthday, the U.S. Postal Service released a stamp commemorating the Civil Rights pioneer, Rosa Parks. While many schoolchildren have learned about the brave act of resistance that Ms. Parks exhibited challenging the racism and discrimination of her day, few have heard [...]
Video: Boston school forging a new dialogue on the state of public education
LatinaLista — “Everybody knows what it feels like to go to school, but do you know what it feels like to go to a great school?” It’s a question that serves as the premise for A Year at Mission Hill, 10-part video series on Boston’s Mission Hill school. Two filmmakers decided to focus their lenses [...]
