Sister Outsider Entertainment’s Flick Pick
By Elisha Miranda & Sofia Quintero

UGLY BETTY: SEASON 1

For this month’s theme, we return to episodic television because, by its nature, it introduces characters who are constantly placed in circumstances in which they are forced to learn and grow.  No one is a better learner than America Ferrer’s Betty [...]

Sister Outsider Entertainment’s Flick Pick
By Elisha Miranda & Sofia Quintero

SELENA

In her breakthrough role, Jennifer Lopez plays recording artist Selena Quintanilla-Perez in this 1997 biopic. Only two years earlier, the starlet had dominated the Latin pop music charts – the first woman to reign the male-dominated Tejano genre – and was poised for crossover [...]

Sister Outsider Entertainment - Flick Picks
By Elisha Miranda & Sofia Quintero

GIRLFIGHT
In her unforgettable debut in this 2000 film, Michelle Rodriguez plays Diana Guzman, a Brooklyn high school senior who finds herself – and love – when she decides to train to become a professional boxer.  GIRLFIGHT does more than put a feminist twist on [...]

MALDEAMORES
Maybe it’s because Latino culture values its elderly or perhaps because our ancianos tend to be youthful. For whatever reason, we did not find any shortage of older Latina characters to serve as the focus of this month’s flick pick. (We were hard pressed, however, to find a vehicle that placed una anciana at the [...]

TORTILLA SOUP
This Mexican-American adaptation of Ang Lee’s EAT, DRINK, MAN, WOMAN centers on widowed chef Martìn Naranjo (Hector Elizondo) and his three adult daughters who live in modern-day Los Angeles.  All the characters come to crossroads in their lives, each yearning for change yet struggling to take action towards who or what they genuinely love.  [...]

An open letter from Sofia Quintero:
Tell me about the Book, Film or Album you believe should be part of the “mediagraphy” of the Chica Luna Media Justice Toolkit.
I have been working on a filmography of popular movies that I believe can be used to spark discussions about women of color, the issues we face, and [...]

September Flick Pick: Sister Outsider Entertainment
Theme: La Llorona
By Elisha Miranda & Sofia Quintero
Fearless
Rosie Perez won several awards and even an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as a grieving mother in this gripping 1993 film based on the Raul Yglesias novel of the same name. After surviving a plane crash that [...]

July Flick Pick: Sister Outsider Entertainment
Theme: La Vendida
By Elisha Miranda & Sofia QuinteroLuminarias
This underappreciated 2000 film about four Chicana friends in East Los Angeles began as a stage play written by its lead actress Evelina Fernández and directed by her husband José Luis Valenzuela. While it focuses mostly on the quest for [...]

June Flick Pick: La Misma Luna
Theme: La Madre
La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon)
Written by Ligiah Villalobos and directed by Patricia Riggen, La Misma Luna (Under the Same Moon) offers a touching tale of the way the love between a mother and child can thrive and endure despite physical separation.
La Misma Luna unravels [...]

Sister Outsider Entertainment - Flick Picks
By Elisha Miranda & Sofia Quintero
Bread and Roses
This 2000 film stars Pilar Padilla as Maya Montenegro, an undocumented immigrant who gets involved in the effort to organize her fellow janitors of a Los Angeles office building.  Also starring are Elpidia Carrillo as her sister Rosa and Adrien Brody as [...]

Sister Outsider Entertainment - Flick Picks
By Elisha Miranda & Sofia Quintero
The 24 Hour Woman
Nancy Savoca wrote and directed this film which follows Grace Santos (Rosie Perez who also co-produced), the producer of a local morning show for women in New York City. Grace’s active professional life intersects with her personal life since she is [...]

Sister Outsider Entertainment presents:
Latina Flick Picks
March Theme: La Exploradora
Television Series: Dark Angel
Year: 2002
Synopsis:
Max (played by Jessica Alba) is a genetically-enhanced human prototype hunted by her former military handlers through the edgy, underground street life version of 21st century America.
Max is aided in her quest - both to avoid capture and reunite with [...]