Film Review: What to Watch in November (2021)
Film critic Alejandro A. Riera offers his list of the films and shows to watch this November.
Rural Feminism in Nicaragua: Inside a Women’s Coffee Co-op in Nicaragua
Eloisa García and Lea Moncada of the Gloria Quintanilla Women’s Cooperative discuss proletarian feminism in Nicaragua.
Pigs Eat Beans
Acosta got soured on the law the same way most brown people do, by seeing how ugly it is.
Conservatives in America Can’t Face History
e might be making progress on America’s refusal to acknowledge its past. But the conservatives who want to bury, whitewash, or alter history will not stop.
‘El Pájaro Cenzontle’: A Mockingbird of Cumbias
From mariachi to cumbia and all sorts of variations in between, the beloved cenzontle appears por todos lados.
A Sampling of the 57th Chicago International Film Festival
Film critic Alejandro A. Riera reviews a few Spanish and Latin American movies from the Chicago International Film Festival running through October 24.
How Will History Judge Any of This?
“Reality has a well known liberal bias,” goes one saying. But what happens if conservatives keep rewriting history?
Lessons From the Pandemic
Nearing the end (hopefully) of this nationwide calamity, what have we really learned?
The Forgotten Films of Latin Cinema
Film critic Alejandro A. Riera walks us through some of the Latin movies and filmmakers whose works have slipped through the cracks of cinema history.
Hispanic Heritage Month Music Playlist
MANO music editor Sandra Treviño offers a playlist of 75 songs celebrating the rich diversity of Latin music during Hispanic Heritage Month
‘We Still Here’: Puerto Rico Documentary Premieres October 2nd
Puerto Rican filmmaker Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi’s new documentary ‘We Still Here/Nos Tenemos’ will premiere on October 2, 2021 at the Urbanworld Film Festival
Is Forgiveness Divine… or Dumb?
“Forgive and forget” is great advice for one’s personal life, but for a country, it can be suicidal, writes Daniel Cubias