Studies in US Latinx Cinema
Diego Luna‘s biographical film Cesar Chavez (2014) depicts the struggle of the agricultural worker population in California during the mid-1960s’-1970. The film demonstrates how Mexican American labor Activist Cesar Chavez, played by actor Michael Peña, united the …
The film, Freedom Writers (2007) directed by Richard LaGravenese, is based on the actual diary entries written by the students of first-time teacher, Erin Gruwell, played by Hillary Swank. The …
Goal! The Dream Begins
The film Goal (2005) by Danny Cannon, starting Kuno Becker as Santiago Munez, is a story of a boy’s dreams of soccer stardom (or football as it’s called in Europe). One can dream big and …
My Family/Mi Familia (1995) directed by Gregory Nava is a story about Jose Sanchez (Jacob Vargas) a Mexican from Centro Mexico who crossed the border and settles in East Los Angeles, with his uncle El Californio (Leon …
The film a Day without a Mexican by Sergio Arau, filmed in 2004 highlighted the significance and impact of the Mexican/Chicano in our society. This film employs us to put aside our political opinion and see the socioeconomic contribution of …
The film McFarland USA(2015) is based on a true story of a Teacher/Coach, Jim White (Kevin Costner) and a high school cross country team from a poor farm town in Central 
California. So, White relocates his family …
How To Be a Latin Lover (2017), directed by Ken Marino, is a comedic film about a Latin gigolo who is no longer in his young, prime adulthood. In the beginning of the film, we learn that the Latin playboy, …
The genre of Westerns are universally synonymous with American identity and have been responsible for conveying racial and cultural misrepresentations of non-Anglo Americans since film began production in the United States. Film director Anthony Mann has a plethora of films …
In 1995, Wesley Snipes was a bankable activity legend comparable to Sylvester Stallone. Patrick Swayze was a heartthrob who’d softened crowds in Ghost and Dirty Dancing. It was likewise the year …
Mayans M.C. (2018) directed by Norberto Barba is a TV crime drama series on the FX network. In, Season 01, Episode 01, (Perro/Oc) we are introduced to Ezekiel ‘EZ’ Reyes (J.D. Pardo), a prospect trying to earn his membership into …