Film

January 6, 2023
Alexander Liebman

Laura Mora’s new film depicting five boys on a journey to claim a small piece of land severs the violent myths governing heterosexuality in Colombian society, crafting potent worlds of queer possibility, care, and liberation in the face of violence and dispossession.

September 15, 2016
Michael Atkinson

Filmed entirely in Kaqchikel, Jayro Bustamante’s new movie explores a clash between reproductive rights and tradition.

November 26, 2014
José Raúl Guzmán

Bad Hair Director Mariana Rondón shares her thoughts on the right to be different, utopian cities, and the ingenuity of children.

November 19, 2014
Ed Morales

In Justin Simien’s debut film Dear White People, a passing comment about Puerto Ricans exposes the contradictory status of mixed-race people in the "post-racial" Americas.

November 27, 2013

Puerto Rico has a complicated and oftentimes contradictory history regarding gender and sexuality. In the second posting of NACLA-Global Voices' new series, Angel Carrión lays out an initial framework for understanding the LGBT movement in Puerto Rico today.

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