LatinaLista — Good video is always appreciated, especially when it’s used to document the haunting scenery of countries that don’t get nearly enough attention from world travelers. Such scenery lies particularly close to home to the United States — from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay to Paraguay and Southern Brazil. Thanks to the creativity of some [...]
Video: Latino neural engineer sees a new future for paraplegics
LatinaLista — “People should not be imprisoned by their bodies.” That simple statement is the driving passion these days for neural engineer Dr. Justin C. Sanchez. Dr. Sanchez is the founder of the Miami-based Neuroprosthetic Research Group. Dr. Sanchez and his colleagues want to revolutionize the connection between technology and humans by transitioning from the [...]
Viernes Video: New web sitcom has Latina actress plotting for the lead — as un hombre
LatinaLista — A common theme in films has always been a man masquerades as a woman to achieve his goal — Mrs. Doubtfire, Para Ella Soy Eva — a less common theme is a woman dressing up as a man to get what she wants. Yet, if filmmaker Jesenia Bailey gets her way it will [...]
Video: Playwright Karen Zacarías creates tales relevant to all cultures
LatinaLista — Latina playwright Karen Zacarías is one of those successful playwrights that not enough of the Latino population, outside the DC Beltway, knows about. It could be because DC is her home base and where she has garnered the bulk of her success. Yet, Zacarías is a Latina playwright who straddles both her native [...]
Intrn’l Video: Award-winning Latino writer goes to El Salvador in search of family roots and the origin of his mother’s tamales
LatinaLista — As the days count down towards Christmas, many Latino families across the Americas will participate in one of the most revered traditions of the holidays — making tamales. For one Salvadoran American Latino, the quest to discover the roots of his mother’s tamales led him on a journey of profound self-discovery, sadness and [...]
Video: New bilingual ‘dramedy’ web series brings the issue of kidney disease home to Latinos
LatinaLista — With the holiday season quickly approaching, most of us will put on hold eating healthy. Unfortunately, for a lot of Latinos, this salute to the holidays will only aggravate such health problems as: obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. By themselves, these ‘diseases’ are bad enough but what makes them worse are that [...]
