Latinos beyond reel : challenging a media stereotype

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Label

Latinos beyond reel : challenging a media stereotype

Title remainder

challenging a media stereotype

Statement of responsibility

An Open Lens Media Production ; produced & directed by Miguel Picker and Chyng Sun ; editor, Miguel Picker ; writer, Chyng Sun ; directors of Photography, Edwin Pagan and Miguel Picker ; narrator, Hector Herrera ; Original Music, Miguel Picker ; Graphics, Miguel Picker ; Associate Producer and Crowd-Fund Manager, Ronelle Levy ; Assistant Producer, Quantrell Jackson and Galia Bogolasky ; Production coordinator, Rhon Flatts ; Re-recording mixer, sound dsigner & addtional music, Francisco Monroy ; Senior consultant, Patti DeRosa ; Story editor, Jeremy Earp ; Script Consultant, Sut Jhally

Title variation

Challenging a media stereotype

Contributor

• Kanopy (Firm)
• Pagan, Edwin, 1963-
• Picker, Miguel
• Sun, Chyng-Feng

Subject

• Documentary films
• Hispanic Americans in mass media
• Hispanic Americans in motion pictures
• Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media
• Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures

Genre

• Documentary films

Language

• eng
• eng

Summary

Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, and among the most diverse -- accounting for one-sixth of all Americans and tracing their origins to more than 20 countries. They are also a rising force in American politics. Yet across the American media landscape, from the broadcast airwaves to cable television and Hollywood film, the reality and richness of the Latino experience are virtually nowhere to be found. In Latinos Beyond Reel, filmmakers Miguel Picker and Chyng Sun examine how US news and entertainment media portray -- and do not portray -- Latinos. Drawing on the insights of Latino scholars, journalists, community leaders, actors, directors, and producers, they uncover a pattern of gross misrepresentation and gross under-representation -- a world in which Latinos tend to appear, if at all, as gangsters and Mexican bandits, harlots and prostitutes, drug dealers, and welfare-leeching illegals. The film challenges viewers to think critically about the wide-ranging effects of these media stereotypes, and to envision alternative representations and models of production more capable of capturing the humanity and diversity of real Latinos

Is part of

• Media Education Foundation Collection

Cataloging source

MaNoMEF

Characteristic

videorecording

Date time place

Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2012

Intended audience

• Grade 11+
• Higher education

PerformerNote

Narrator, Hector Herrera

Runtime

147

Technique

live action