Latin Culture in Miami

The Dreams of Outsiders
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The Dreams of Outsiders

Who hasn’t felt lonely at some point? Who hasn’t spent endless nights staring out a window? Who hasn’t felt that strange pain in your chest…

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The Law of Desire
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The Law of Desire

First conceived by her husband Sergio Bizzio as a short story titled Cinismo, Lucía Puenzo’s first feature film tells the dramatic story of Alex, a…

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Tribeca 08: Luis Lopez, not Niels Laupert
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Tribeca 08: Luis Lopez, not Niels Laupert

I was sitting at one of the posh couches at the Target-Filmmakers’ Lounge talking on the phone, and once I hung up, a young man…

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Cenizas del Ayer
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Cenizas del Ayer

Beto Cuevas has been practicing his Jim Morrison moves. The man has them down. The ex-lead singer of Chilean rock group La Ley had disappeared…

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La Zona
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La Zona

Privacy is one of the most precious things we have. Freedom from intrusion, disturbance and the view of others; privacy is a right. What happens…

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Maldeamores
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Maldeamores

Last year, the Puerto Rican film Maldeamores (translated as Lovesickness) premiered at Tribeca Film Festival to a great reception, and after making the rounds of…

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Fat Men in White For Peace
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Fat Men in White For Peace

Less than two weeks after the heads of states of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela met in the Dominican Republic to ease tensions between their countries,…

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Remezcla en SXSW: Saturday, March 15
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Remezcla en SXSW: Saturday, March 15

From the moment I woke up, I knew Day 4 was not going to be very productive – as far as checking out bands —…

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La Misma Luna
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La Misma Luna

It’s almost impossible not to like La Misma Luna, the heartstring-plucking story of Carlitos, a clever little Mexican boy who crosses the border alone to…

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Remezcla en SXSW: Friday, March 14
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Remezcla en SXSW: Friday, March 14

Another day in the weirdest city of Texas, Austin prides itself in how different it is from any other Texan city. Their unofficial city motto…

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Remezcla en SXSW: Thursday, March 13
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Remezcla en SXSW: Thursday, March 13

Day two was a marathon day, started in the early afternoon with a short set by The Hood Internet at an outdoors venue. That was…

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Remezcla en SXSW: Wednesday March 12
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Remezcla en SXSW: Wednesday March 12

Day one of SXSW is always loaded with choices, from very high-profile events to the underground indie events. Most of the high-profile stuff (such as…

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Ollin: Chicano meets Irish in this punk-folk collective
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Ollin: Chicano meets Irish in this punk-folk collective

Ollin (se pronuncia Olin or Oh-leen) is an 8-piece punk-rock-folk collective that’s been owning East LA for more than 15 years. Amantes del punk-rock since…

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Perro Come Perro
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Perro Come Perro

Colombian director Carlos Moreno’s debut film Perro Come Perro, which premiered at Sundance and was shown at the Miami International Film Festival, captures the universal…

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Chichaito: the new Cosmopolitan
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Chichaito: the new Cosmopolitan

I have to admit that I had my share of (quite too many) cosmos back in the early millennium during my college years. I was…

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