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LatinoBuzz: An Interview with Lemon Andersen

Sit down, Lemon Andersen ‘got a story to tell. He grew up in Brooklyn by the ten crack commandments. After both parents succumbing to Aids through their addictions, he took the improbable journey from Rikers to reading his first poem at El Puente Community Center to Broadway earning himself a Tony A...

LatinoBuzz: PBS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Mariachis, Lucha Libre Wrestlers, Slam Poets, and John Leguizamo

Public television has long been a champion of diversity and through October 15, PBS will honor Latinos by celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a varied lineup of new and encore programming. Among the repeat broadcasts that are absolutely worth your time are the documentaries Tales From ...

Update: Ladies Like Lowriders Too! Documentary on All-Women's Lowrider Car Club Fundraising Campaign Ends Today November 5!

Lowriders, car clubs, and car shows have always been a man’s game. Things changed when a couple of lowrider enthusiasts formed The Unique Ladies, San Diego’s only all-women’s lowrider car club. Sherry, the founder, was looking for a club to join but as a female she was kept out, “When we first wante...

LatinoBuzz: Interview with Actor Jorge Diaz

He was recently in New York to attend the HBO New York International Latino Film Festival for the world premiere of 'Love, Concord' directed by Gustavo Guardado, in which he plays the lead role of Gerry, a class clown who meets Melinda (played charmingly by Angelina Leon), a pretty Latina bookworm a...

LatinoBuzz: The New York International Latino Film Festival Honors Its Own At Awards Ceremony

The New York International Latino Film Festival ended its festivities by honoring various films at an Awards Ceremony last week. Prizes were handed out for Best Domestic Feature, Best International Feature, Best Director, Best Documentary, and Best Short.

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LatinoBuzz: Interview with El Médico, a rapper, doctor, and star of El Médico: The Cubatón Story, playing at the New York International Latino Film Festival

Raynier Casamayor Griñán is a twenty something year-old doctor who lives high up in the Sierra Maestra mountains of Santiago de Cuba. Known as ‘El Médico’ he serves his community, treating patients at the town clinic and making home visits. But he longs to be a musician, a rapper, a reggaetonero.

LatinoBuzz: The Chilean Building, a Personal Doc on Chile's Untold History, Screens in NY

It’s a story never before documented: While their parents battled the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, a group of children were raised, first in Europe and then in Cuba, safely and communally. The 20 adults who supervised “Project Home” saw over sixty children through to adulthood, children whose mot...

LatinoBuzz: Interview with Aurora Guerrero

Mosquita Y Mari by Aurora Guerrero, a San Fran raised xicana, is an absolutely lovely film about discoveries of oneself and each other. Aurora paints her community – immigrant, youth and queer - with such affectionate and passion that you feel that someone like Aurora will herald a new era in Latino...