‘Encanto’ on Disney+ Arrives Just in Time for Nochebuena—and Reminds Us Just How Powerful Latinx Families Are
Even with its many distinctly Colombian elements at its core, Encanto is an homage to multigenerational Latinx families everywhere.
(Parents Latina, Dec. 22, 2021)
Latinx Writers Couldn’t Get Hollywood’s Attention. So They Came Up With Another Way
During last year’s Latinx Heritage Month, Nuyorican actor and filmmaker Dominique Nieves launched a mentorship initiative for up-and-coming Latinx television writers having a harder-than-normal time getting their foot in the door.
(Refinery29, Sept. 27, 2021)
Moira Demos ’96 Returns to the Scene of the Crime
Once you’ve created a cultural phenomenon, what do you do for an encore? Moira Demos ’96, SOA’08 and Laura Ricciardi SOA’07, the filmmakers behind the true-crime Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer, took a somewhat meta approach: They returned to Manitowoc County, Wis., to grapple with a world changed by the impassioned response to their work.
(Columbia College Today, Winter 2019)
Another Opening, Another Varsity Show
Since 1894, the theatrical tradition has satirized Columbia in song and dance
(Columbia College Today, Spring 2014)