Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Media
Latin Americans in Media
- Alma Awards - The American Latino Media Arts Awards
- "The premiere Hispanc primetime network awards special celebrating the positive portrayal of Latinos in American film and television."
- Hispanic Online - Latino Media Links
- Chicana/Latina Studies Videotapes at UC Berkeley
- An annotated listing of video tapes available from the University of Berkeley's Media Resources Center.
- CineSol Lationo Film Festival
- "...showcases the best of Latino Film and Video in a traveling four week festival that literally makes its way through South Texas."
- Coyote Pass Productions (Latino films)
- A film and television production company "formed with the express purpose of creating quality entertainment featuring Latino characters in stories that would appeal to" mainstream audiences.
- Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars
- A 12-part radio documentary series produced in English and Spanish by Maria Martin (Executive Producer) and other NPR producers.
- El Teatro Campesino Archives
- This agitprop performance troupe began performing on behalf of the Farmworkers in the late 60s. Since, they have expanded into video, film and workshops. Pages on their history and information and a catalog for video and books on various projects, as well as information on their workshops. support of the Farmworkers, anti-war and anti-nuclear
- Hispanic-American Village
- Enrique Gili, one of the editors writes that the Web site "will serve as an oasis of clear thought in a desert of cyberbabble and ranting. We will cover issues that affect us as a community:immigration reform, affirmative action, making the transition from the barrio to the suburbs."
- Granma Internacional
- The official newspaper of the Republic of Cuba in Spanish, English, French, Portugues, and German
- International Latino Cultural Center of Chicago
- Home of the Chicago Latino Film Festival and the Gloria Award, which recognizes achievements and contributions of Latino artists through the Gloria Lifetime Achievement Award.
- KFAI: Latino/a Resources
- Links to other resources, newspapers, usenet groups, etc. and KFAI's program schedule.
- La Prensa San Diego
- A weekly bilingual newspaper, posted to the Web every Friday afternoon. News through a Hispanic/Chicano perspective.
- La Prensa San Antonio
- A daily bilingual newspaper.
- Latino Media News in S.F. Bay Area
Latino
USA- A Radio Journal of News and Culture.
- LatinoStories.com
- "The Credible Source for Lationo Literature" by Drs. John S. Christie & Jos B. Gonzales, co-editors of Latino Boom:An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature.
- LATNN.com
- Latino News Network - Based in Philadelphia and housed at Temple University's Small Business Incubator Program, the Web site has a staff of about 10 volunteers and writers in New York, Philadelphia, Texas, California, and Chicago
- Making Face, Making Soul -- A Chicana Feminist homepage
- This site by Susana L. Gallardo keeps its eye on other online news and magazine sites for stories on Chicanas -- from basketball players to an index of professors. That's the front page. Inside you will find poetry, literature, biographies and many more links to resources and other Chicana sites.
- Mexican Genre Fiction
- Information and links on genre fiction in Mexico and Latin America: Science Fiction, crime fiction, magazines and e-zines, and awards.
- News Watch Project
- "A project of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism, San Francisco State University Journalism Department. … We're your on-line resource for bridging unbiased, fair coverage of people of color and lesbians/gays to the news."
- El Nuevo Da Interactivo - San Juan, Puerto Rico
- In Spanish only
- Pocho.com
- "Over the course of 10 years, nosotros the editors of Pocho Magazine and this disaster zone known as pocho.com have forcefully turned pocho into a term of pride, a rallying cry for the tacky, uncultured Mexican-American and Chicano, whose lack of proper Spanish skills, and somewhat weakened ability to eat some hot spicy food items makes him a pariah, an outcastΚ both in the US and in Mexico."
- Politico: The Magazine for Latino Politics and Culture
- Part of the LATNN.com network that covers political events and culture impacitn the Latino community in the U.S.
- Premiere Weekend Club
- "The Premiere Weekend Club is concerned with the under representation and negative portrayals of Latinos in the film industry and related Arts. Our primary purpose is to serve as a catalyst for a social movement that will strengthen society through positive change. To this end, the Premiere Weekend Club will provide an organized voice for the Latino community on a cultural, emotional and artistic level. Also, we will help create job and training opportunities for Latino artists, and begin a healing process for the Latino community by helping to bring dignity and respect."
- qvMagazine
- "The Nation's Largest and Most Respected Gay Latino Magazine"
- Radio
Arte
- "A youth initiative of the Mexican Fine Arts Center in Chicago. …The only bilingual youth-operated, urban, community radio station in the country."
- Radio
Bilingüe
- "Radio Bilingüe, a non-profit radio network with Latino control and leadership, is the only national distributor of Spanish-language programming in public radio." Requires the free Windows Media Player
- The Bridge: Theater of the Mind (Hispanic)
- Nationally acclaimed series of half-hour Audio Plays brings you the works of renowned Hispanic playwrights from around the world, both past and present.
- The Puerto Rican Mambo (film)
- The website for the little movie that could: The Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical).
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