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“The Vessel”, written, directed, produced and starring Latinos, recaptures hope
*The movie was filmed both in English and Spanish, not dubbed or captioned. VL Movie skillfully navigates a sea change in film making By Arnold García, Crosswind Communications (5 minute read) Years...
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When it comes to the Emmys, where are the Latino nominees?
*Only 2 Latin@s were nominated for Emmy’s this year, one for outstanding actor in a short form comedy or drama series (what is that?) and another for outstanding narrator. VL By Luis Miguel Echegaray,...
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Texas Music Museum preserves musician histories from the past of Tejano
*This is awesome! VL By Grace Speas, The Daily Texan (3 minute read) Legendary Tejano accordionist Bruno Villarreal was sitting in a nursing home, blind, unable to walk and without his instrument. But...
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From Boycotts to Banda: 20 Latino PBS Movies You Can Stream for Free During...
*Follow the links this month to stream free PBS movies with Latino themes. They’re all good! VL By Andrew S. Vargas, Remezcla (11 minute read) Well folks, it’s September again, which means a whole year...
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New PBS Documentary Spotlights Latino Voting Rights Advocate
*Be sure to stream the documentary on PBS.org. PBS will be monitoring the number of streams for 7 days after the premiere in order to gauge interest in Latin-themed programming. Watching this on your...
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How 3 Latina Comic Book Artists Carved Out a Space in a Male-Dominated Industry
*These 3 young Latinas are killing it in a white male dominated world! VL By Yara Simón, Remezcla (8.5 minute read) In 2014, comics historian and researcher Tim Hanley summed up the lack of diversity...
View ArticleLatino achievements in television to be saluted by Paley Center
*This is kinda’ cool, but more than awards or recognition we should have inclusion. VL By Greg Braxton, The Los Angeles Times (1 minute read) The Paley Center for Media has announced its Hollywood...
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Epic 80-Part Series on Celia Cruz Now Available on Netflix
*80 parts? That’s two-and-a-half day’s straight of binge-watching. VL By Sameer Rao, Colorlines (1 minute read) We wrote a year ago about “Celia,” the 80-episode Telemundo series about Afro-Cuban...
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This little girl’s video is a perfect example of how to motivate Latino...
*Have you seen this video? It’s a re-purposed production of the original Bomba Estéreo “Soy Yo” video. The original has had more than 7 million views, this one (click on the screenshot above to watch...
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Meet the Press? Not me.
*Jesse Treviño put Meet the Press in his crosshairs, but his indictment fits all of mainstream media – they’re failing the U.S. Latino community. VL By JesseTreviño, HispanicLatino (5 minute read) A...
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Here’s How You Can Binge-Watch More Than 30 Cantinflas Movies on Thanksgiving...
*Perfect! Food, family and Cantinflas. VL By Manuel Betancourt, Remezcla Are you already making contingency plans for how to avoid certain family members this Thanksgiving? Looking for something to...
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The Media’s Big Trump Conundrum
*From the article: “News outlets that pride themselves on objectivity are struggling with how to characterize the racism and xenophobia of the Donald Trump Administration.” VL By Shawn Rhea, Colorlines...
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The Media Cometh
*If you read nothing else on NewsTaco today, read this. Jesse get’s it. It’s what we’re about. VL By Jesse Treviño, HispanicLatino I often am asked to identify the most important issue facing the...
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Gael Garcia Bernal & Camilo Lara Join Growing List of Latinos Working on...
*The movie opens in theaters in November of 2017. VL By Andrew S. Vargas, Remezcla (3 minute read) It’s been over a year since we last reported on the tortured saga of Pixar’s upcoming Día de...
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Remake Of Classic Television Show Means More Latinos On Netflix
*The show is set to premiere on January 6. VL By Lucas Molandes, MiTú (2 minute read) The trailer for the upcoming Latino reboot of “One Day At A Time” was just released, and Netflix obviously spared...
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News Programs Need To Make Latino Representation A Priority
*Agreed, but we’ve been saying this since the ’80’s. “Demanding” more representation hasn’t worked. That’s why we started NewsTaco, to do it ourselves. VL By Christina López G., Media Matters (4 minute...
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Cheech Marin & Paul Rodriguez Are Bringing OG Chicano Comedy to NBC
*I’m looking forward to this. VL By Andrew S. Vargas, Remezcla (2.5 minute read) Santa works in mysterious ways. Maybe you didn’t get that storm trooper action figure you were praying for, or the...
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Meet The Undercover Latinas
*What a great way to start off the year! We need more of this, please. I’m looking forward to these posts. VL By Molly Horan, Refinery 29 Racial identity is complicated. At least, it can get...
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Waiting for Fadó
*Jesse Treviño get’s it: “. . . state-of-the-art telecommunications can accelerate changes in our consciousness and self-perception.” U.S. Latinos need to hear this message. VL By Jesse Treviño,...
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Take Notice, Hollywood. Latinos Are Part Of The New Mainstream.
*Why you should read this: Because it’s an unapologetic challenge to Hollywood leaders – the premiere mass media storytellers – to put Latinos in the U.S. mainstream, where they belong. Because you...
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