When she was 15, Rosario Dawson was discovered while sitting on the stoop of her parent’s apartment in the East Village. She played Ruby in the 90s era skater movie, ‘Kids.’
Cinema Tropical Festival Screens Best Latin American Films of the Year
The Cinema Tropical Festival, running February 24-27 in New York City, screens the best Latin American films of the year.
Paola Mendoza Takes Her Immigrant Experience From the Screen to the Page
Paola Mendoza’s film Entre Nos that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival is now a novel in English and Spanish titled, The Ones Who Don’t Stay.
LatinoBuzz: Elizabeth Gardner, Co-Director of NYILFF Responds to News of the Festival's Closure
Just a few days ago a story ran on Cinema Tropical’s blog, TropicalFRONT, regarding the New York International Latino Film Festival. The story, “NY Latino Film Fest Closes Shop After 13 Years” was a surprise for Elizabeth Gardner co-executive director of the NYILFF. LatinoBuzz has given her the space to tell her side of the story.
LatinoBuzz: Alex Rivera & Greg Berger on Making Political Films & Joining a Cheese-Making Collective
Greg “Gringoyo” Berger is an American filmmaker living in Mexico who makes social justice films. He doesn’t take himself too seriously and understands his position as an outsider in the country, often calling himself a revolutionary tourist.
I talked to Berger and Alex Rivera about their free screening named “Bordering on Absurd,” what inspires them to make political films, and their college days spent in a cheese-making collective. Yeah, read on. It gets hilarious.