Puerto Rican director, Mariem Pérez Riera tells the story of the life and 70-year career of singer, actress and dancer Rita Moreno.
Category - People & Reviews
For a place where surfing isn’t legal, or recognized, you’d expect that people who do it might have some inhibitions or fears of participating.
To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month we're sharing a film that unveils the history of Cuba's Korean diaspora.
Los Hermanos is a story of what’s possible to achieve when we break our geopolitical differences down to a human level.
As an entrepreneur and innovator, he has developed other focuses throughout his life that deviate from the world of sports.
Race, as we think about it in the United States, as we check it like the box that it is on job applications, on college applications, at the doctor’s office, does not...
I’ve always loved listening to piano. A small bar. Some sofas. Sexy, dim lighting and a piano player on a rainy night sums up my ultimate New York City experience.
The Candela book club facilitates a safe place for people to share their experiences and learn from the experiences of others.
This new generation of liberal Cuban American activists, now co-founders of Cubanos Pa'lante, still think dialogue is the way ahead, together.
Stylist Evan Elkowitz's latest piece in her series about Cuba's fashion scene introduces us to Textura. A designer creating environmentally conscious pieces made from...
In Dariel Suarez’s debut novel, the realities of living in Havana under a communist state are brought alive through vivid detail and a sense of lived experience.
People & Reviews
Season 2 of Netflix’s Taco Chronicles Is Out: We Went to CDMX to “Taste” It for You
Al pastor as good as the Netflix show? Barbacoa that will wake you up on a Saturday morning? We needed to know if it was all as good as it looked.
Long before the first Covid cases were reported in Cuba, the Cuban government was working closely with scientists, experts, and doctors to prepare for the worst.
Mychel D’Zuarez is one of the most controversial and interesting designers working in Cuba today. He was born in Camaguey, Cuba and trained from an early age to become a...
Hialeah Series is a binge-worthy, six-episode series about a Cuban American who convinces her Jewish husband to move in with her family in Hialeah.
The winner of the Grand Prize World Documentary at Sundance, Epicentro is a whirlwind through Cuban history in the eyes of a young protagonist.
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