"There was this unspoken Latin quota, if you had too many Latin people in your movie that was a bad thing," Leguizamo said. "And the thing is the guy, the real guy the character ... was based on, was really Latin." John Leguizamo #MoreLatinosinHollywood insider.com/john-leguizamo…

Ugh. Another dumb decision. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Ojo! 👀👇

Latinos contribute $2.8 trillion to US GDP every year,. “If we were our own country, we’d be the fifth-largest economy in the world — bigger than England, bigger than Italy, bigger than Brazil.” John Leguizamo @LAT Jessica Gelt latimes.com/entertainment-…

Relying on imported content to serve Latinx audiences "limits opportunities and perpetuates the perception of Latinx people as foreigners rather than fellow Americans deserving equal visibility." @arlenedavila1 The New York Times @LatinxProjNYU nytimes.com/2023/07/23/opi…

In #AMillionMilesAway, director Alejandra Márquez Abella tells Jose Hernandez Hernández’s story, which took him from rural Michoacán, Mexico, to the fields of the San Joaquin Valley and ultimately into Earth’s orbit. REMEZCLA Kiko Martinez Prime Video #Sept15 remezcla.com/film/watch-fir…

. USC research of the 1,300 top-grossing films (2007-19) shows Latino/a actors were leads or co-leads in just 45 of them - 3.5%. ... 🙄 We're nearly 20% of the U.S. population - even more in SoCal where most movies are made. The 19th Candice Norwood 19thnews.org/2023/10/latina…

Some good news but it goes back to what I’ve said many times. It doesn’t matter how successful Latino movies and TV shows perform the culture of Hollywood is what keeps us out. 🎥✌🏼

The lack of Latino representation in film is deeper than negligence. It’s intentional exclusion JP Los Angeles Times delosangelestimes latimes.com/delos/story/20…

America Ferrera: We are still just fighting to be visible "We've all been waiting a really long time for the watershed" @AmericaFerrera @bbc #latinos Laura Garcia Beatriz de la Pava bbc.com/news/entertain…

THREAD A dirty little secret from development execs about how we read: DNFs and the 40-10. In a job of 80hr+ weeks, where we have to read 25-100+ scripts a week, this is how we save time on reading, and how to write so we read your whole screenplay:

Netflix data reveal shows and films with Latinos among top viewed Los Angeles Times delosangelestimes Alejandra Molina latimes.com/delos/story/20…

"While I would love to think that things are different (after 'Real Women Have Curves' ), the data shows that in large part, it hasn’t changed." @AmericaFerrera nytimes.com/2024/01/01/mov…

"As a proud Mexican filmmaker, I am overjoyed to be able to bring my film to more Latin markets, especially Juárez and Mexico," Jara says. "Growing up on the border helped me to stay in touch with my culture."

Selena Gomez to Play Linda Ronstadt in New Biopic variety.com/2024/film/news…

So happy to see THE CASAGRANDES MOVIE doesn’t take place in just generic Mexico but in a specific state and highlights a specific Indigenous culture. I talked to director/show creator Miguel Puga and writer/consultant Lalo Alcaraz about it for delosangelestimes: tinyurl.com/4mucpvea

Set in 1950s Texas, #TheLongGame tells the true-life story of five Mexican-American youths who triumph against all odds in their pursuit of a Texas State High School Golf Championship trophy. variety.com/2024/film/revi…

👀Young Adult Emergency Relief Fund! The Inevitable Foundation is offering 💰to disabled creatives, ages 18-25, pursuing careers in screenwriting and/or filmmaking in Los Angeles. Details here: inevitable.foundation/la-young-adult…

In a landscape where Latinas are often pigeonholed into the “spicy” or “fiery” love interest, seeing Barrera’s depiction of a cold, calculated professional felt like a reprieve. latimes.com/delos/story/20…

Fascinating: The reward center of the European Americans' brains lit up more when they received money ... For Latinos, it was the reverse: Their reward centers lit up more when they gave money to their family compared to when they received money. @npr npr.org/sections/goats…