LatinaLista — Jason Silva‘s mission in life is to see the ‘awe’ in the world around him. Lucky for the rest of us, he is as enthusiastic about sharing this ‘awe,’ as he is discovering it. According to Silva, “I think what is interesting about the experience of awe is that it confirms the gnostic [...]
Video: College playwright remembers ‘The Women of Juarez’ with powerful production
LatinaLista — Isaac Gomez is focused on changing the world. Not by running for political office or becoming a teacher or even an entrepreneur. He wants to do it through theater. Gomez, in his final year as a double major in theatre and dance and journalism at the University of Texas in Austin, is the co-writer [...]
Viernes Video: New Latino web series scores exclusive showing on Hulu
LatinaLista — The saying “when a door closes, somewhere a window opens” could be used to describe what some Latino filmmakers are doing in Hollywood these days. Rather than accept rejection from the major studios and networks who aren’t interested in carrying programs that appeal to Latino audiences, Latino filmmakers are creating their own windows [...]
Video: New documentary promises to separate the myth from the man who was Puerto Rico’s most famous salsa sonero – Chamaco Ramírez
LatinaLista — Ramón Luis Ramírez Toro was born in 1941 in Santurce, Puerto Rico and died, murdered, in New York City, in 1983. However, Toro’s voice didn’t die with the man. Better known as Chamaco Ramírez and heralded as one of Puerto Rico’s most talented soneros (improvisational singers) of salsa, Ramírez voice and talent lives [...]
Intrn’l Video: Documentary about Juarez mental asylum provides a surprise happy ending for one patient
LatinaLista — The more I filmed, the less I understood and the more curious I became. It’s with those words that filmmaker Mark Aitken describes his journey into one of the most bizarre places on the planet — the Vision & Action mental asylum on the outskirts of Juarez, Mexico. The place is bizarre not because [...]
Video: No English-only for New York teen who speaks 20 languages
LatinaLista — In the last few years in the debate over undocumented Latino immigrants in the country, much has been written about language. Namely, that immigrants need to forget their native tongues and just speak English. The rise of English-only laws in those states that saw a big influx of Latino immigrants has been a stark [...]