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Tercer Impacto: Hispanacea

TERCER IMPACTO: HISPANACEA (2009 – English subtitles)
Fabi and Barbi report on The Hispanic Paradox, Doña Cuca and Hispanacea
2009 | 05:25 min. | DV | Color


Immigrant Latina women—who have had little or no access to education or health care—are living longer than anyone else in the United States. The New York Times has called this phenomenon “The Hispanic Paradox.” What if Latinas’ longevity could be extracted from their bodies and marketed as a health supplement to the public at large? Read More »

Tercer Impacto: Hispanacea [subtítulos en español]

TERCER IMPACTO: HISPANACEA (subtítulos en español)
Fabi y Barbi informan sobre La Paradoja Hispana, Doña Cuca e Hispanacea
2009 | 05:25 min. | DV | Color

Las inmigrantes latinas—sin acceso a la educación o al cuidado de salud—tienen vidas más largas que el resto de los estadounidenses. El New York Times le ha llamado a este fenómeno “La Paradoja Hispana”. ¿Qué pasaría si la longevidad de las latinas pudiera extraerse de sus cuerpos y ser mercadeadas en pastillas “energéticas”? Read More »

Operation Blue Blood

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OPERATION BLUE BLOOD
2005 | 01:30 min. | DV | Color

During the first week of September 2005, as we watched the footage of Hurricane Katrina victims stranded on rooftops for days on end, crowded into the Convention Center and Superdome with no food or water, ignored by FEMA and the Bush Administration, we asked ourselves—as did many, many people—”What if the hurricane had hit a wealthy area instead? Read More »

Amnezac

AMNEZAC
 2005 | 01:00 min. | DV | Color

Do you feel anxiety about world events you cannot change? Are your political concerns interfering with your patriotic activities, like shopping and paying taxes? Does the Iraq war remind you of US invasions of Latin American countries, including your own? Read More »

Amnezac [subtítulos en español]

AMNEZAC [subtítulos en español]

El Anti-Historiamínico Más Poderoso del Mercado
(escrito, producido y dirigido por Fulana)
2005 | 01:00 min. | DV | Color

¿Siente ansiedad por eventos mundiales que usted no puede cambiar? ¿Sus inquietudes políticas interfieren en sus actividades patrióticas, como ir de compras y pagar impuestos? ¿La guerra en Irak le recuerda a las invasiones estadounidenses de países latinoamericanos, incluyendo el suyo?  Read More »

Lupe & JuanDi from the Block

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LUPE & JUANDI FROM THE BLOCK
2003 | 05:06 min. | DV | Color
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Inspired by La Virgen de Guadalupe, San Juan Diego, and Nuestra Señora de J-Lo, this music video was created to answer burning questions, such as: How come El Indio Juan Diego became a white man for his saintly Vatican image?, Is the Pope concerned about losing the Latino market?, Read More »

Latino Plastic Cover

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LATINO PLASTIC COVER
Because Plastic Is Forever
2000 | 01:15 min. | DV | Color

When our abuelitas cover their couches, their lamps, their TV sets—todo!—in clear plastic, what are they trying so desperately to protect? Read More »

Latino Plastic Cover [español]

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LATINO PLASTIC COVER
Porque el plástico es para siempre
2000 | 01:15 min. | DV | Color

 

Cuando nuestras abuelitas cubren con plástico el sofá, la lámpara, el televisor—¡todo!—¿qué es lo que intentan proteger?  Read More »