Chyng feng sun biography of william

How did you get involved in Latinos Beyond Reel?
“Latinos” commonly refers to people in the US who were born in, or whose ancestors came from, Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean.

Although they comprise 19% of the US population and are our largest minority group, Latinos have been largely invisible in the media—in both news and entertainment—and when they have been represented, they were mostly negatively portrayed.

I decided to make Latinos Beyond Reel because I needed media materials addressing the problem for my teaching curricula, but I could not find anything appropriate.

It is my fourth documentary film and I wrote, co-produced, and co-directed it with Miguel Picker, a Chilean-American filmmaker. My films have always been created by multiracial and multicultural teams. I would not have made the film if I had not been able to work with a co-director of Latin American descent.

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