HOLLYWOOD IS STRUGGLING There’s upheaval happening in the entertainment industry. There’s a Writer’s strike happening. The tech layoffs have caused the streaming industry to layoff their own staff as well. The movie industry scrambles to stay out of the red…
Being a Mixed actor in the entertainment industry is a tough job. I’m not talking about the ones at the top of the Hollywood food chain – like Zendaya or Zoe Saldana. I’m talking about the working class actors. The…
Since the time I graduated film school. I’ve been trying to figure out how to be a successful Mixed filmmaker. On the surface, the answer to this question is simple – just being yourself. But being Mixed is never really…
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what it means to be a Mixed and be Creative. Both those words get thrown around a lot. But are only interpreted in one way. To be Mixed is to be a person…
My mother was born and raised in Lima, Peru; my father, in a small town in Oregon. They met in the late 1960’s when my mother was working in the Peace Corps Office in Lima and my father was serving…
Amidst the protests, figures in media have been speaking out against the systemic racism that persists in America, the media’s role in it, and the call to create a more inclusive Hollywood. Over 300 high profile actors, directors and producers…
Watching movies from the silent era was always the most difficult part of film school. The classes were always the earliest in the morning, and having a night job meant it was always a struggle to stay awake (or even…
Diversity. From #oscarssowhite to creating a more inclusive workspace – media and business have been vocal about the effort to create more diversity and representation. And while the word diversity has been tossed around as a goal institutions are aspiring…
Mexico is a land misunderstood. Most of the impressions given to us are of a wild desert, teeming with poor citizens struggling to find their way across. Or cities besieged by the violence of the brutal cartels. And while these…
When I was growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the late 80s, there were only 2 other kids I knew with interracial parents. There were very few families in our small neighborhood of other ethnicities, but we still…
