The Latino Experience

Filmmaker Andres Rovira (Noche Buena) participated in a filmmaker Q&A as part of The Latino Experience. Listen to Rovira discuss how he chooses what stories to tell.

Alejandra Lopez, Julia Mendoza Friedman, Dominique Nieves, Andres Rovira,
Alejandra Vasquez, Sam Osborn, Maria Teresa Rodriguez, Karina Lomelin Ripper, Natalia Bell, Sarah Taborga, Maria Victoria Ponce describe their filmmaking process.

Filmmaker Alejandra Lopez (The Blue Cape) participated in a filmmaker Q&A as part of The Latino Experience. Hear Lopez explore the question: How do you choose which stories to tell?

Julia Mendoza Friedman, Karina Lomelin Ripper, Alejandra Vasquez, Andres Rovira, Natalia Bell, Dominique Nieves, Sarah Taborga share how they apply lessons they have learned to their storytelling work.

Documentary filmmakers Alejandra Vasquez and Sam Osborn (Folk Frontera) participated in a filmmaker Q&A as part of The Latino Experience. They answer the question: What impact do hope you have with your films?

Julia Mendoza Friedman, Natalia Bell, Sarah Taborga, Maria Teresa Rodriguez, Maria Victoria Ponce, Dominique Nieves, Alejandra Vasquez share their thoughts on what they want and hope for their storytelling futures.

Documentary filmmaker Sarah Taborga (Dear Queer Dancer) participated in a filmmaker Q&A as part of The Latino Experience. Taborga discusses what impact she hopes to have with her films.

Filmmaker Natalia C. Bell (Pasos de Valor) participated in a filmmaker Q&A as part of The Latino Experience. Bell answers the question: How do you choose which stories to tell?

Filmmaker Dominique Nieves (Our Lady Lupe) participated in a filmmaker Q&A as part of The Latino Experience. Listen to Nieves answer the question: What impact do you hope to have as a filmmaker?

Filmmaker Maria Victoria Ponce (Death & Deathability: A Period Piece) participated in a filmmaker Q&A as part of The Latino Experience. Ponce discusses how she chooses what stories to tell.

Filmmaker Maria Teresa Rodriguez (Cuban American Gothic) participated in a filmmaker Q&A as part of The Latino Experience. Hear what impact she hopes to have with her work.

In a three hour presentation of nonfiction and fiction short films, The Latino Experience explores a broad collection of experiences, perspectives and points of view to highlight the diversity of the Latino/a/x community and to illuminate the vibrancy of the United States and Puerto Rico.