Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Hollywood Latinos vow tackle lack of Latino representation in the TV and film industry

Award winning directors and producers vowed to combat the lack of Latino representation in the TV and film industry through the work they do in Hollywood. Television producer, writer and director Gloria Calderon Kellett is one of them. During last week’s Latino Media Fest Award, which celebrates content creators who are helping make the industry a […]

Lin-Manual Miranda among Latinos nominated for the Golden Globes

The Golden Globe nominations are celebrating a number of acclaimed Latino and Spanish-speaking actors as well as one of the film industry’s top directors, who hails from Mexico. Lin-Manuel Miranda is up for a “Best Actor in a Motion Picture” for his performance in Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel to the beloved 1964 movie which […]

Coco, The Movie That’s Getting Latino Culture Right

“Coco” is getting the Latino community right.

The Latino Community: Hollywood’s Multibillion-dollar Goldmine is being Ignored

The Latino community is almost completely shut out of Hollywood, both in front of and behind the camera.

Latinos: The Most Underrepresented Group in Movie Industry, Study Finds

A new study conducted by the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism found that Latinos comprise just 4.9 percent of actors in Hollywood’s top grossing films, making Latinos the most underrepresented group in the industry. This number stands in stark contrast to the number of Hispanic moviegoers who account for roughly a quarter of […]