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‘Queen Of The South’ Finale: Showrunners Reflect On [SPOILER]’s “Shakespearean” Final Moments, Untouched Season Six Plans

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Showrunner Benjamin Lobato and Dailyn Rodriguez talk about story plots and character development in the Queen of the South. Check out the full interview as they broke down the series “beautiful” ending, teased what would have been season six threads and more.

Read the full piece on Deadline.

 

No Excuses: Here Are a Dozen Superheroes of Color Who Could Lead Movie Franchises

Blue Beetle 
Box office triumphs from Disney’s Marvel and Warner Bros. Discovery’s DC overwhelmingly center on white, heterosexual, male superheroes, even though it’s been confirmed (and reconfirmed) that diversity sells. Some of the diversity progress made, on the DC side, can be seen with Angel Manuel Soto (“Charm City Kings”), who will direct “Blue Beetle,” the studio’s first Latinx superhero movie.
 Diversity in the superhero movie space means more than the actors: They create financial and social clout. The popularity of superhero movies make them reinforcers of cultural and moral norms. The pervasiveness of white, male superheroes like Superman, Batman, or Captain America creates an environment in which they symbolize justice and morality  elementally linked to their identities; they define what it means to do and be “good,” and what those who do “good” should look like.
Read more about the importance of diversity in the superhero world on Indiewire. 

‘Pose’ Finale: Showrunner Steven Canals Talks [SPOILER]’s Sacrifice, The “Great Life Lesson” From Revolutionary Series’ Leading Ladies

As Pose comes to an end, check out this interview done by Deadline where show runner Steven Canals discusses details of the final episode.

Canals mentioned to Deadline, 

"I’m tired of seeing Black and Latin and Asian characters where their narratives are rooted in their traumas, and Pose was an opportunity to not solely rewrite the narrative, but just to recenter it, and to say that we also have happy lives, and we also have joy, and those parts of our experiences should be centered as well."

Read more here

Spoiler Alert: Last episode of Pose

NALIPsters at Last Week's Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF)

 

As LALIFF ended this past Sunday, we want to share with you a recap of some of the projects screened by NALIPsters! Keep an eye out for this projects and where they may go!

 

Bridges - Maria Corina Ramirez

Venezuelan-born, Miami-based writer, director and star Maria Corina Ramirez transfigures her personal accounts into a contemplative debut feature about an undocumented high school student uncertain about her future in the U.S. This is the rare film that deploys voice-over not as narration but to lace the images with introspective poetry as the protagonist debates what to share with the world in her valedictorian speech.

Watch this interview with Maria Corina Ramirez HERE

Follow the project on social media  

 

With His Eyes Closed - Jose Navas

In the city of Miami, Andres and his younger brother Miguel are living under the control of their abusive father. After Andres decides to skip school, his seemingly adventurous escape brings unexpected consequences. However, this experience gives him the courage to fight back against his father in a fearless attempt to protect his younger brother.

Watch the trailer HERE

Follow the project on social media

 

Period - Kase Peña (Inclusion Fellowship with LALIFF)

Vergara, a Trans Latinx woman, gets a part-time job looking after a shy 12 year-old girl upon being released from the LA County Jail. In order to make ends-meet Vergara continues doing sex work on the side. A major risk, since this is what landed her in jail in the first place.

Period is the first installment of Peñas 4 part anthology titled Trans Los Angeles. Watch out for this project!

Learn more about this anthology and follow the project on social media