In the lead up to the upcoming film, “The Most Beautiful Deaths in the World”, the LMC spends the hour with Ana Patricia Rodriguez and Hugo Najera on how the film tells the story of Washington’s Salvadoran community through art, injustice, and perseverance.
Ana Patricia Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of U.S. Latina/o and Central American Literatures & the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures @ the University of Maryland in College Park.
Hugo Najera is a member of the Yellow House Collective as well as a co-producer and music composer for the film.
Migrant children are still missing. Families are still separated. On this episode, the LMC speaks with librettist Anna Deeny Morales and attorney Sergio Garcia to discuss the opera “Zavala Zavala” and why we need to continue talking about migrant family separation.
Anna Deeny Morales is also a Center for Latin American Studies fellow and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Sergio Garcia is an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Texas.
o begin Pride Month, the LMC speaks with Nicola Chavez and Roberto Zapata from the LGBTQ rights group Amate de El Salvador to discuss the challenges faced by the community under the authoritarian government of president Nayib Bukele during the continued state of exception.
The Latino Media Collective is a grassroots Latino public-affairs program that airs on Pacifica station WPFW 89.3fm on Fridays @ 1pm EST in Washington DC.
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