LatinaLista — When Argentinian business partners and friends Ricardo Petroni, Pablo Martinez and Sergio Neuspiller got together to form the production company Full Dimensional, they had high hopes of creating a horror blockbuster. They were going to craft a…
LatinaLista — For the past three and a half years, Alexandra Henry has been documenting female graffiti and street artists to capture their collective voice and experiences within the global street art movement — a place where women have…
LatinaLista — In 2013, the Nicaraguan National Assembly gave the green light to Chinese billionaire Wang Jing to begin construction on the Nicaragua Canal, a 172.7 mile concrete ditch that would be four times longer than the Panama Canal….
LatinaLista — Campaign: Wise Medicine: A Documentary Our world is in crisis. Terrorism, racism, political extremism, destruction of the environment, contaminated food, the list goes on. As we look to “new” healing paradigms in our modern society – many…
LatinaLista — Netflix may be striving for world domination but when it comes to Latin America they are now facing some formidable competition. Launched on March 4, 2016, Retina Latina is a new platform that streams high-quality Latin American…
LatinaLista — Campaign: YO GALGO “A documentary film about the Spanish sighthound” Gals, also called Spanish sighthounds, have been praised in tales and myths for centuries, they were respected figures and cared for, almost gods for some cultures,…
LatinaLista — Julian Leyzaola Perez takes the law in Mexico seriously. This former police chief of two of the most law-breaking Mexican border towns — Tijuana and Juarez, felt it was his public and moral duty to confront the…
LatinaLista — Campaign: The New Cuba Libre! On September 19, 2015, Pope Francis lands at the José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba. He says: “In the words of José Martí, the process of normalizing…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Nuestra Cuba Nuestra Cuba tells the inspiring stories of Cuba's first women and Afrocuban film directors. In the years following the Cuban Revolution, the island would become a leader in the Latin American film movements to…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Vietnam, Puerto Rico Vietnam, PR—a community or barrio located on the coast of Guaynabo and Cataño, is undergoing an illegal expropriation at the hands of Guaynabo City’s Mayor Hector O’Neill. Vietnam’s demise is a casualty…
By Karen Savage JJIE NEW YORK — She was 11 and in the sixth grade when she went to jail, eventually landing in solitary confinement. Nicole never imagined a petty fight at her Louisiana middle school would lead…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Charged – The Eduardo Garcia Documentary Charged is a feature-length documentary film in the making. In 2011, Chef Eduardo Garcia was shocked with 2400 volts of electricity in a freak incident deep in Montana’s backcountry. Near…
LatinaLista — Given the recent disparaging remarks by Donald Trump about Mexican immigrants, it’s always good to be reminded of the long history Mexicans have with the United States. Included in that story, is the diverse growth of the…
LatinaLista — Campaign: THE RETURN — a film about criminal justice reform After years spent documenting the profound harm caused by the punitive American criminal justice and mass incarceration systems through their previous work, Kelly Duane De la Vega,…
LatinaLista — The word “cartel” has become synonymous with Mexico. The term conjures a morbid game of word association: blood-thirsty, femicide, murderers, brutality, depravity, rapists, drugs…fear. For anyone who is involved with cartels, it’s pretty much assumed to be…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Craving Cuba, A Documentary film Excitement over Cuba is at an all-time high! The forbidden paradise is on everyone’s mind. Yet, as beautiful and passionate and alluring as Cuba is, it is also very complicated, especially…
By Angelica Ortiz Se Fija! It is always hard to do a biopic–to tell the story of a whole life in less than two hours, especially when that life is as prolific and productive as Mexican comedian/producer/writer/singer Mario Moreno…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Gringoyo’s New Video Will Give Migrants The Last Laugh! Greg “Gringoyo” Berger is an American filmmaker living in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Berger used to make documentaries but he found his films had greater impact when he created…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Cuban Salsa Inside & Out In the nearly twenty years that have lapsed since the towering success of Wim Wender’s documentary and album BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, foreigners enamored by the rhythms of the tiny island…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Ambulante – Create a rogue documentary tour across the U.S. The mission is simple: Democratize documentary culture. Since 2005, Ambulante.org, created by Mexican actors Gael García Bernal & Diego Luna, has annually organized an epic three-month…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Uncharted Amazon – A film about life in the world’s greatest wilderness In collaboration with international scientists, local organisations, local people and native communities, filmmakers will create the film Uncharted Amazon. The film will document the…
LatinaLista La Perla Documentary La Perla is a historical community in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As of 2000, an estimated population of 338 was reported. La Perla is known for its alleged high rate of illegal activities. In recent…
LatinaLista In 1989, a young girl named Elizabeth “Lizzie” Velasquez was born to two excited first-time parents, Rita and Lupe. Doctors soon discovered that Lizzie was one of only three people in the entire world who possess an extremely…
By Angela Ortiz Se Fija! After studying and working abroad from his native Mexico, Cruz returned to start the production company Canana in partnership with Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna. Now located in Los Angeles, he’s brought us…
LatinaLista — Student debt is a growing crisis that doesn’t just threaten the affordability of getting a college degree today but endangers the future of the nation’s economy. With so many young people already in thousands of dollars in…
