Shaping Latino Representation at the Movies with Patricia Cardoso

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Award-winning director, writer and producer Patricia Cardoso shares her filmmaking influences, her desire to share Latina stories and the importance of representation both on screen and behind the scenes. Cardoso became the first Latina film director to be included in the Library of Congress National Film Registry with her 2002 Sundance Audience Award-winning film, "Real Women Have Curves" Her other directorial work includes the Student Academy Award-winning "The Water Carrier" (1996), the NAACP award-nominated television movie "Lies in Plain Sight" (2010), the Web Series "Ro" (2012), the feature "El Paseo de Teresa" (2017) and an episode of "Queen Sugar" (2018-2022). Cardoso is also a professor of theater, film and digital production at the University of California, Riverside. "Cine Latine: Shaping Latino Representation at the Movies" is the work of 2023 Library of Congress Junior Fellows and highlights the Library's vast moving image collections, while emphasizing the importance of Latino contribution and representation within the history of U.S. cinema. The interview series accompanies the Latinx Representation in Film Research Guide by showcasing emerging and established Latino or Latina filmmakers whose work is making a significant impact on the industry.

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English

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United States

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