Black Latinos

2012 New York International Film Festival Awards - List of Winners

By Latina Staff | 08/20/2012 - 15:28 | 0 Comments

Indie film lovers were in for a treat as the New York International Latino Film Festival (NYILFF) presented over 30 features last week. The event, sponsored by HBO, ended yesterday with a ceremony honoring the best films in the categories including, “Best Short” and “Best...

Afro-Latinos You Should Know About

Afro-Latinos You Should Know About

By Damarys Ocaña Perez | 06/17/2011 - 16:30 | 0 Comments

In honor of Juneteenth—Sunday’s holiday commemorating Texas slaves being the last to find out that they’d been emancipated, thus sparking an annual holiday that celebrates African American heritage—we thought we’d add some Latino flavor to the mix. Here are just a few Afro-Latinos whose lives and accomplishments are worth celebrating.

Black in Latin America

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Explores What It Means to Be 'Black in Latin America'

By Mariela Rosario | 04/19/2011 - 16:45 | 4 Comments

We recently spoke with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. about his new documentary series for PBS entitled Black in Latin America to find out what he discovered about the racial experience of Afro-Latinos in the region.

We wanted to know what compelled Prof. Gates to take his groundbreaking Black In series to Latin America and...