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 [...]
Viernes Video: New Latino web series vows to only post second episode if 1,000 Likes are registered on Facebook
LatinaLista — Boyle Heights has become synonymous as the cradle of the Latino community in Los Angeles. It’s also been the real-life set of numerous films and cable television shows (Real Women Have Curves and Resurrection Blvd.) Now, it has become the setting for a new web series titled, what else, Boyle Heights. Created by [...]
Viernes Video: New comedy web series explores the ratio of men’s feminine side in a macho world
LatinaLista — It’s said that all men have a feminine side. The question is what’s the ratio for a man to have only a feminine side without being totally gay. The creators of a new comedy web series believe that ratio may be 80/20. 80/20, the brainchild of Christopher Oscar Peña and Vayu O’Donnell, follows [...]
Viernes Video: New web series spotlights Dominican Latinas in “Wives in the Heights”
LatinaLista — With all the “Real Housewives…” reality shows on the air, there was one missing — an all-Latina ensemble. Not anymore. Wives in the Heights is described as “an original web series by Latinas for Latinas, illuminating the multifaceted nature of Uptown’s most powerful women.” The series follows four Dominican Latinas as they blaze [...]
ViernesVideo: Veteran Latino writer creates futuristic web series funded by Warner Brothers
LatinaLista — The dream of any web series creator is that some big production company will buy their idea for millions of dollars and keep them on to create to their heart’s content. It’s a dream come true for one Cuban American web series creator named John Cabrera. Cabrera, a veteran actor/writer and director, co-created [...]
Viernes Video: New web series features Latina super-action heroine as Justice Woman
LatinaLista — Move over Wonder Woman, Super Woman and every other female action heroine. It’s about time a Latina joined the ranks — and she has! By day, she is mild-mannered, tough-talking Assistant DA Sofía Escala. By night, she strikes fear into the heart of bad guys as Justice Woman! Both characters are the alter-egos [...]
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