LatinoScreenwriters

News and info about Latino stories, writers and projects.

[Melissa Gomez @MelissaGomez004]

In a landscape where Latinas are often pigeonholed into the “spicy” or “fiery” love interest, seeing Barrera’s depiction of a cold, calculated professional felt like a reprieve.
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[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

Fascinating: The reward center of the European Americans' brains lit up more when they received money ... For Latinos, it was the reverse: Their reward centers lit up more when they gave money to their family compared to when they received money. @npr https://t.co/lzIFGebuPj

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

👀Young Adult Emergency Relief Fund! The @inevitablefdn is offering 💰to disabled creatives, ages 18-25, pursuing careers in screenwriting and/or filmmaking in Los Angeles. Details here: https://t.co/fGJyNdqbCp

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

Set in 1950s Texas, #TheLongGame tells the true-life story of five Mexican-American youths who triumph against all odds in their pursuit of a Texas State High School Golf Championship trophy. https://t.co/gUDDTmBpqp

[Carlos Aguilar @Carlos_Film]

So happy to see THE CASAGRANDES MOVIE doesn’t take place in just generic Mexico but in a specific state and highlights a specific Indigenous culture. I talked to director/show creator @pugavida and writer/consultant @laloalcaraz about it for @delosLAtimes: https://t.co/JPHhEXlWbS

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

Selena Gomez to Play Linda Ronstadt in New Biopic https://t.co/pCfc5JETGt

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

"As a proud Mexican filmmaker, I am overjoyed to be able to bring my film to more Latin markets, especially Juárez and Mexico," Jara says. "Growing up on the border helped me to stay in touch with my culture."

[Andrew Jara @Jara_Films]

@LScreenwriters @latimes @delosLAtimes @alemolina https://t.co/RXvJ5M1ePr

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

"While I would love to think that things are different (after 'Real Women Have Curves' ), the data shows that in large part, it hasn’t changed." @AmericaFerrera https://t.co/5JMQGAPjXg

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

Netflix data reveal shows and films with Latinos among top viewed @latimes @delosLAtimes @alemolina https://t.co/uGZS2AWHFl

[𝙺𝚊𝚒𝚊 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 @ThisisKaia]

THREAD A dirty little secret from development execs about how we read: DNFs and the 40-10.

In a job of 80hr+ weeks, where we have to read 25-100+ scripts a week, this is how we save time on reading, and how to write so we read your whole screenplay:

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

America Ferrera: We are still just fighting to be visible "We've all been waiting a really long time for the watershed" @AmericaFerrera @bbc #latinos Laura Garcia Beatriz de la Pava https://t.co/cCMNM5nZew

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

The lack of Latino representation in film is deeper than negligence. It’s intentional exclusion @jpbrammer @latimes @delosLAtimes https://t.co/pmcHkK2wGZ

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

@DrAnaChristina @wearemitu 👆👆👆Eso!

[Kenneth Castillo @CholoChaplin]

Some good news but it goes back to what I’ve said many times.

It doesn’t matter how successful Latino movies and TV shows perform the culture of Hollywood is what keeps us out.

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[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

@EddiecAuthor An idea... Let's start online 'table readings' of the best scenes from our works - read by Latino/a actors. Let's get our gente in front of the internet audience performing works written by Latino/a writers. ... Anyone game? Calling @JohnLeguizamo @Hispanicize @NHMC

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

@EddiecAuthor .@EddiecAuthor If I had the connection, I absolutely would. ... Gente, anyone out there who can give a hand up to nuestro hermano?

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

. @USC research of the 1,300 top-grossing films (2007-19) shows Latino/a actors were leads or co-leads in just 45 of them - 3.5%. ... �� We're nearly 20% of the U.S. population - even more in SoCal where most movies are made. @The19thNews @cjnorwoodwrites https://t.co/P9Z4j4dswf

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

In #AMillionMilesAway, director @marquezabella tells @Astro_Jose Hernández’s story, which took him from rural Michoacán, Mexico, to the fields of the San Joaquin Valley and ultimately into Earth’s orbit. @REMEZCLA @cinesnobkiko @PrimeVideo #Sept15 https://t.co/Zx5lPYBWfW

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

Relying on imported content to serve Latinx audiences "limits opportunities and perpetuates the perception of Latinx people as foreigners rather than fellow Americans deserving equal visibility." @arlenedavila1 @nytimes @LatinxProjNYU https://t.co/wV8cuxFeAQ

[LatinoScreenwriters @LScreenwriters]

Latinos contribute $2.8 trillion to US GDP every year,. “If we were our own country, we’d be the fifth-largest economy in the world — bigger than England, bigger than Italy, bigger than Brazil.” @JohnLeguizamo @LAT @jessicagelt https://t.co/DMzNRDvcd3