Exclusive: The National Hispanic Media Coalition premiered its Latinx Stream Showcase on Wednesday to uplift and promote Latinx talent in the entertainment industry.
The presentation will show 7 short films written, directed, acted, and produced by Latinx talent for an audience of industry executives, casting directors, producers, agents, managers, and audiences for consideration both above and below the line.
“While the entertainment industry has shown some progress towards being more inclusive of the Latinx community, we are still woefully underrepresented both in front of and behind the camera,” said Brenda Victoria Castillo, President & CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition. “With this showcase, we want to shine a light on the talented creatives the industry has yet to discover. These individuals are bringing incredible stories—from our communities—to life, for all the world to see.”
Learn more about the featured short films below.
Hermanas revolves around two sisters with opposing...
The presentation will show 7 short films written, directed, acted, and produced by Latinx talent for an audience of industry executives, casting directors, producers, agents, managers, and audiences for consideration both above and below the line.
“While the entertainment industry has shown some progress towards being more inclusive of the Latinx community, we are still woefully underrepresented both in front of and behind the camera,” said Brenda Victoria Castillo, President & CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition. “With this showcase, we want to shine a light on the talented creatives the industry has yet to discover. These individuals are bringing incredible stories—from our communities—to life, for all the world to see.”
Learn more about the featured short films below.
Hermanas revolves around two sisters with opposing...
- 9/15/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
In the first part of analysis of the role of race in three of this year’s most celebrated films, Steven W Thrasher focuses on Richard Linklater’s tale of a certain type of American boyhood
I keep thinking about him, about how he is represented on film in one boy and two men: about the sweet face of a young white boy, Mason Evans Jr, daydreaming against green grass and into the sky; about the rear silhouette of Martin Luther King’s afro, facing off against a sea of white cops; about the profile of an armed white sniper, Navy Seal Chris Kyle, wrapped in the American flag.
As film-makers walk down the red carpet this awards season, I keep wondering: what makes a man, or a boy, in the American imagination? How is he constructed, in relation to patriarchy and race? Consider the portrayal of manhood and masculinity in three male-centered American biopics,...
I keep thinking about him, about how he is represented on film in one boy and two men: about the sweet face of a young white boy, Mason Evans Jr, daydreaming against green grass and into the sky; about the rear silhouette of Martin Luther King’s afro, facing off against a sea of white cops; about the profile of an armed white sniper, Navy Seal Chris Kyle, wrapped in the American flag.
As film-makers walk down the red carpet this awards season, I keep wondering: what makes a man, or a boy, in the American imagination? How is he constructed, in relation to patriarchy and race? Consider the portrayal of manhood and masculinity in three male-centered American biopics,...
- 2/19/2015
- by Steven W Thrasher
- The Guardian - Film News
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