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Beatport Top 100 Tech House 2022-06-24

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ACRAZE feat. Cherish - Do It To It (Extended Mix)

Alessio Bianchi - Keep Up (Original Mix)

Andre Zimmer - The Funk (Original Mix)

Ango Tamarin - Can You Bang (Extended Mix)

Anti Up - Chromatic (Extended Mix)

Antonio Pica - Party In My House

BLOND_ISH, Francis Mercier, Amadou & Mariam - Sete (Extended Mix)

Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At (Martin Ikin Remix)

Bassel Darwish - Talk

Ben Kim - Somebody To Love (Extended Mix)

Ben Kim - Tear The Club Up

Biscits - Locco

Biscits - Wait A Minute (Extended Mix)

Blackchild (ITA) - Hypin'

Bobby Shann & Nicole Dash Jones - Hard Feelings

Bryan Softwell - La Difícil

CID - Carnaval de Paris (Extended Mix)

CID, Joshwa - How We Do

CID, Westend - Let Me Take You (Extended Mix)

Chicks Luv Us - Freakon

Chris Lake & Cloonee - Nightmares (Extended Mix)

Chris Lorenzo feat. High Jinx - California Dreamin' (Extended Mix)

Cid, Will K - Ooooh

Claptone Ft. lau.ra - Beautiful (James Hype Extended Remix)

Classmatic - Fly Away

Classmatic, Nfasis - Toma Dale (Original Mix)

Cloonee, Brisotti - Tripasia (Extended Mix)

Cloonee, Wade - Mi Amor (Original Mix)

DBSound _ Vintage Culture & James Hype - You Give Me A Feeling (Original Mix)

Dale Howard - Don't Wait Up (Original Mix)

Danny Howard & Chaney - Down To This (Extended Mix)

Deeper Purpose - Demons (Extended Mix)

Deeper Purpose - Fantasy (Extended Mix)

Dennis Cruz - Ready For The Blues (Original Mix)

Diplo, Miguel - Don't Forget My Love (CID Remix) (Extended)

Dot N Life & Flera - Hollaback Girl (Extended Mix)

Eddy M - Don't You

Eddy M - No More

Eddy M - Wrong Impression

FISHER (OZ) - Losing It (Extended)

FISHER (OZ) - Palm Beach Banga (Extended Mix)

FISHER (OZ) feat. Shermanology - It's A Killa (Extended Mix)

Gene Farris, GAWP - Mesmerised (Original Mix)

Gene Farris, Sacha Robotti, IceCreams - Whoop

George Privatti, Angel Heredia - 4Ever & Ever

Green Velvet, Dajae, Mihalis Safras - Wurk

HoneyLuv - Thr33 6ix 5ive (Extended Mix)

Hugel feat. Cumbiafrica - Morenita (Extended Mix)

ItaloBros - Baba Yaga (Extended Mix)

James Hurr - Di Da Di (Extended Mix)

James Hype - Say Yeah (Extended Mix)

James Hype, Tita Lau - Disconnected (Extended Mix)

James Poole - Armazem (Original Mix)

Jamie Coins - Still Flexin'

Jamie Jones - Bionic Boy

Jamie Jones - Here Comes The Drums

Jansons, Notelle - Stutter (Original Mix)

Joanna Magik - Maneater (Extended Mix)

Joel Corry & Da Hool - The Parade (Extended Club Mix)

Joel Corry - Liquor Store (Extended Mix)

John Summit - In Chicago (Original Mix)

John Summit - La Danza (Extended Mix)

Josh Butler - Ratchet

Joshwa & Lee Foss - My Humps (Original Mix)

Joshwa - More Money Girls (Extended Mix)

Juanito - Atracando

Kevin McKay, Kyle Kinch - Hella (Extended Mix)

Kvsh & Tim Hox feat. Cumbiafrica - Corocito (Extended Mix)

LO'99 Feat. Taiki Nulight - Records U Play (Extended Mix)

La Fuente - I Want You (Extended Mix)

Lee Foss, SIDEPIECE - 1, 2 Step (Supersonic)

Malaa - How it is (Extended)

Mark Knight & Gene Farris - I Can’t Go For That (Extended Mix)

Marshall Jefferson x Solardo - Move Your Body (Extended Mix)

Matt Sassari - Give It To Me (Full Vocal Mix - Extended mix)

Miane - Broken (Extended Mix)

NightFunk - Bad Like That (Extended Mix)

PAX - Is It You (Extended MIx)

Piero Pirupa - Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) (Deeper Purpose Extended Remix)

Piero Pirupa - We Don’t Need (Extended Mix)

Pirate Snake & Dakar - Te Quiero (Extended Mix)

Rafa Villalba, paskman - Chiquetere

Raffa FL - Ritmo (Extended Mix)

Riley (UK) - Fundamentally Funky

Roland Clark, Vintage Culture, Fancy Inc - Free (Extended Mix)

SNBRN FREAK ON - I dont Think U Do

San Pacho - Amor

Simon Doty - Reality Check (Extended Mix)

Sofi Tukker - Drinkee (Vintage Culture & John Summit Extended Mix)

Sonny Fodera, Biscits - About You (Extended Mix)

TENSHU - Back Again (Original Mix)

TENSHU - Call Back (Original Mix)

Tiga - Mind Dimension (Ben Sterling Remix)

Tom Santa - Rainfall (Praise You) (Extended Mix)

VLTRA (IT) & Francis De Simone - Perreo (Extended Mix)

Wade - Get After It (Extended Mix)

Westend - Get This Party Started (Extended Mix)

bewav - All On Me

bewav - Baila Co

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La exploración en tiempos oscuros, pt. 21. Mulchic y San Antonio Hool.

Desde Huitzinchá regresamos a Santa Elena y avanzamos por la carretera hacia Uxmal para buscar el camino que lleva a Mulchic. Nuevamente Ernesto y Fernando eran los únicos que no habían estado ahí, pero Eduardo y yo no teníamos recuerdos frescos sobre la llegada al sitio. A pesar de ello solamente equivocamos el rumbo una vez, dándonos cuenta rápido y regresando a una intersección para corregir. Así fue que llegamos en poco tiempo al sitio que buscábamos.

Encontramos el lugar muy enselvado, aunque menos que la única vez que yo estuve ahí antes. Aún así no limpiamos demasiado y nos dirigimos a la estructura principal, que tiene la peculiaridad de contener una subestructura temprana de una sola habitación y con una gran crestería calada. Eduardo había sido atacado por avispas en su primera visita al sitio, cuando quiso entrar a esa habitación, y yo no pude pasar por la presencia de los mismos insectos.

Ernesto fue el primero en bajar a la subestructura, entrando tranquilamente por la única puerta, y afirmando que no había panales en esta ocasión. Sin embargo, Eduardo quiso entrar a verificar y se encontró conque habían al menos 4 colmenas, incluso una que estuvo a centímetros de la cabeza de Ernesto, ¡y no lo habían atacado!

No fue posible quemar todos los panales, únicamente el de la entrada; también recorrimos brevemente una estructura palaciega en un costado del basamento principal.

Emprendimos el camino hacia Mérida, encontrándonos con un incendio que cubrió la carretera con humo en un corto tramo. El tránsito se había detenido pero pasamos sin mayor problema. Después de ello hicimos una parada en Muná porque Eduardo necesitaba sacar una cita para realizar el servicio del jeep en una agencia de Mérida, mientras que nosotros habíamos recibido la noticia de que nuestro hospedaje había sobrevendido y la reservación que teníamos, diferente a la que Eduardo realizó para él y Mónica, había sido cancelada. Por fortuna pude conseguir habitación en un hotel en el que había estado unos años antes y todo quedó arreglado.

Llegamos directamente a la agencia, donde Eduardo pudo conseguir cita antes del medio día siguiente, de forma que nos entregarían el vehículo a tiempo para salir al atardecer para Izamal. Teníamos un tiempo libre antes del anochecer y decidimos visitar el sitio de San Antonio Hool, ubicado en un parque en el fraccionamiento “Las Américas”, y que ninguno de nosotros conocía.

Este pequeño sitio solo conserva un basamento bajo que me recordó bastante a uno que se encuentra en el parque de las tumbas, en la misma ciudad, y una plataforma con superficie plana. Pudimos leer en una cédula de información que el lugar había sido muy importante y tuvo gran cantidad de estructuras. También se encontraron numerosos entierros, pero ahora solo queda una parte minúscula del antiguo asentamiento que tuvo relación con sitios como Komchén y Dzibilchaltún.

Terminamos el día dejando a Eduardo en su hotel y llevándonos el jeep al nuestro, quedando de pasar temprano, al día siguiente, para recoger a nuestro compañero.

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Interview: Ricardo Chavira on “Selena: The Series”

Below, an edited transcript of my Texas Public Radio interview with Ricardo Chavira about his role as Abraham Quintanilla on “Selena: The Series,” which is premiering this month on Netflix. To hear an audio version of this interview, listen to the program “Fronteras.”

Nathan Cone: When did you first learn of "Selena: The Series” from Netflix? Or how did you find out that it was even happening?

Ricardo Chavira: You know, I had heard a couple little rumors about it, Nathan, and ... where was I? Pilot season had just happened, and I got close on a couple of things. But, you know, nothing really turned up. And then I was working on, like an independent film out in the Lake Tahoe area. And my agent send me send me an appointment. They give me a call and I look at the you know, I look at the appointment, it's in an email and it says, you know, to read for Selena, the series. And I was like, okay, but who am I reading for? Like, just a. Which character? Because I'm too old to be the the the brother. They don't have me reading for the dad, do they? [laughs] And lo and behold, they did! And so I was like, "I can't do this." This role is not for me.

Why was that?

Well because, I mean, you know, I'm six foot one and a half, you know, and and Abraham Quintanilla is is a much smaller-statured man. We're just, we look completely different. At least I thought, you know? And so I said, "Guys, I you know, I just I just don't see it. I have to pass." I don't want to waste anybody's time. They call me back about 10 minutes later and they're like, "Casting wants to talk to you." The casting director for this project is Carla Hool, and I've been into her office for numerous other projects. And I was like, "Fine, have her give me a call." And so she calls me. She's like, "Ricardo, I think this is your role." And I was like, "OK, why? Because I don't see it." And she goes, "Okay, look, let me allow allow me to explain." And it's, you know, playing Abraham over the course of from the time she was young to the time that when she passed, when he first got the idea to get her singing, you know, and the family, when they were in the Lake Jackson area, to, you know, when she passed away, tragically. And so she's like, "Let me send you some pictures." And she sends me sends me some younger pictures of Abraham and, you know, Abraham through the years. And then I was like, "OK, I get it. I get it now." So and we're going through the aging process and all that stuff. And then she gave me information on the director and then she sent me some-- she couldn't send me a lot of script information-- She was like, "You know, I just can't." I'm like, "Well, you need to send me something and I need to be able to see that this is worthwhile." And I got some sides that they sent me a little bit more in-depth than what they were sending some other people. And I could tell immediately that they had some people that were writing on that staff that were from South Texas. The cadences, the just the back and forth in English to Spanish and everything. It sounded so familiar to me. And then I went, because I've never seen the movie.

Now, even?

Now, even! I probably saw some clips of the movie 20 something years ago when it first came out and it was like....

Wow, how did you escape that? Just as an aside.

As an aside, I wasn't exactly the biggest fan of the of Tejano music! I mean, my dad would blare it in his truck every time he'd pick me up. And I, you know, I wanted to listen to Metallica and Nirvana and all that stuff. I had no interest in this, you know, and then when the movie came about, you know, I I didn't really have an interest in J-Lo. I thought they did us a disservice by casting a Puerto Rican when they should have found somebody who was Mexican-American from South Texas. I mean, that was my own take. Anyway, so I never really watched the movie. Like I said, I might have seen some clips of it on Entertainment Tonight back in 90-something. And I still haven't watched it today! But I went online and I looked at some interviews that Abraham Quintanilla had done talking to different talk shows and outlets and whatnot, and I listened to him and watched him and I was like, “My God, this is like watching any one of my tios or my dad or any….” But I'm like, I know this guy! I grew up with like ten of him, subjecting me to all kinds of male macho torture, you know? And I said, I can do this. I'm pretty sure I can do this. And so I said, OK, I get it. I'll put it on tape. And I did. And that was it. You know, like they loved what I did.

I remember you showed me some photos of yourself [as Abraham], did you kind of make yourself up a little bit as part of those?

So initially what I did was I just put myself on tape, just that's it. And then they said they wanted to see it. So, you know, can you put yourself on tape again? I was like, guys, I already did it, you know, come on. Like, I've got a pretty decent resume, you know? And they're like they just they want to see it. I'm like, OK, that's fine. So I got some pictures of Abraham and I just, you know, used a cheap pair of sunglasses from my son's drawer that probably cost like five bucks. And one of my neighbors had a Tommy Bahama shirt that kind of matched the color of the shirt that Abraham was wearing in the picture. And and I slicked my hair back and I just ate and drank whatever I want to, to have a little bit of weight about me within the picture. And it worked.

So I guess what connects with you with the role immediately of Abraham Quintanilla, what you're saying is that it wasn't so much the music or the legacy of the life of Selena right away that said, you know, maybe you want to do this, but that this is a South Texas story that I and a family story that I can relate to.

Very much so. So, you know, look, it's not that I'm not a fan of Selena's music, it's just at that time when she was popular, that's not what I listen to. But I was surrounded by it all day long. I mean, my dad was listening to KTXN and (???) and all that and "Radio Festival," you know, is blaring out of his truck whenever he'd pick me up from school or drop me off somewhere or whatever, you know. And so it was it was always there in the background, you know. And now it's funny because I actually do listen to a lot of conjunto and Tejano music. (Yeah.) You know, I appreciate it a lot. Even before I, I got cast as Abraham in this movie or in the series, I mean, and so ...

Well, that's how we develop musically anyway. I mean, our lives are such that we're like, oh, we get opened up to so many things.

Well, it becomes you know, for me it's like comfort food, nostalgia, taking me back to when I was, you know, 19, 20, 21, jumping into my dad's truck. Yeah. And it reminds me of those times. So but more importantly, to go back to what you were saying. Yeah. For me, the attraction was this is a South Texas story. Even like even though. I wasn't necessarily a quote unquote, fan of her music, I appreciated it, but more importantly, I appreciated what she meant and what her family meant to us. And so what I mean by us is South Texas, the South Texas community. But also what I mean by us is Mexican Americans that live in South Texas. This story is the ... it's literally the universal story of the American dream, but it's framed in a Mexican-American family. And that is so vital and so important to this community, San Antonio, in every community south of San Antonio, all the way to the border, you know. And we don't…. I mean, who do we have?

That movie came out twenty-something years ago. With Edward James Olmos and Jennifer Lopez, and here we have a series coming out about it again, twenty-something years later. In between those, what other massive story has been out there that has told a story of Mexican Americans from South Texas? None.

So you're telling me this is the only story that exists that we can put, that we can encapsulate on film or in sit in a cinematic setting or in a series setting that tells a story about the people of South Texas? This is the only story we have? So for me, it was important to tell the story again. But it's also important because there are so few opportunities to be able to be somebody who is from South Texas and who's an actor to be able to play somebody where I grew up.

There's a line in the movie that gets repeated often. And I'm wondering if this is touched on in the series at all. Where in the in the picture in the movie version, Edward James Olmos says something and I'm going to paraphrase it because I can't read the exact quote. But he says, you know, we're we're not American enough and we're not Mexican enough.

Oh, we hit on that a lot in the series. And not just once. It comes up often, you know, and the idea that it's like, yes, she's Mexican, but she's an American girl.

Mm hmm.

I mean, you know, Abraham was wanted to be a musician and he was playing doo wop music. You know, he would he loved American music, but he saw the ... what he saw was he saw an opportunity and he saw a young girl. And then when they started, they were they were singing American songs. But and what we do is we show this in the series where it's like all of a sudden he goes to a fair and he sees a Tejano band up there playing music and bam, it clicks. And he realizes if this is going to happen for them and they're going to be successful at this and we can actually make money at this and survive and live as a family off of this music, we've got to be specific about what we're doing. And so he decided to hone in on the specificity that is Tejano music. Yeah, you know, and he made it work. You know, it's the thing is, is that the series is it is about it's Selena, but it's also the story that is the Quintanilla family. And specifically, it's a story that is Abraham Quintanilla making all of this a reality.

Tell me again who else was in the cast and what's it like?

And we've got, let's say, Seidy Lopez, who is actually she played, I think, one of the cousins in the original Selena movie. She's playing Marcella, Abraham's wife, amazing actor, like just ... she's got a great stillness to her man, just it's it's wonderful to work with her because I really feel like I work with her a lot as being, you know, being husband and wife. And it's been an absolute joy. Christian Serratos plays Selena at the older age high school and then in her 20s. Gabe Chavarria plays A.B. Noemi Gonzalez plays Suzette. Let's see Julio Macias, who's on a show on Netflix, called On Our Block, he plays Pete Asudio. And then the young ones, the kids, Maddy and Juan and Daniella. Which it's crazy. Working with the kids was the best thing. Like, I like I just I know them from their names. I know them as their characters. They did such a good job. But that stuff when when I was, you know, playing Abraham at as a younger Abraham when the kids were younger, those are some of my absolute favorite scenes.

And you filmed it where, where was it all filmed?

And we were filming in in Mexico, just south of Tijuana, in Baja California. Sorry, guys. Yeah. So and I it's funny because when I first got cast, I was like, oh, this is great. Like we're going to be shooting here in Texas…. And [then] I was like, [sad trombone noise, laughs]. I was like, oh, OK. But it makes sense because you're talking shooting from Lake Jackson, what, 1979, 1980, and then, you know, at the height of her career, which was when I was, let's see, shortly after graduating high school, so from like, say, ‘89 until like ‘91, ‘92, you know, and a lot of that stuff, I mean, that's 30 years ago.

Yeah, I've been to Lake Jackson in the past year or so, and it's much different than it was.

Even downtown San Antonio is much different, you know. You know the convention center, you can't use that facade. So we had to go find a facade that we thought looked the part. And you can find older structures in in most every part of Mexico. You know, a lot of those buildings are of an older era. You know, a lot of that construction that existed back then and the, you know, mid 80s into the mid 90s. A lot of it's not there anymore. You know, or it's or it's been converted or renovated or whatever. So that that probably is the reason why they chose to shoot down in Mexico.

You talked about, how you could relate to, and you knew guys like Abraham when you were growing up. And so you're like, “oh, I know that guy. I can play that that part.” You're a father yourself, of course, too… So what's your relationship with your kids like compared to, say, this part… your playing and Abraham…. and do you do you ever bring anything from your own experience with children to this part? Or does anything else rub off from Abraham to your kids, especially as they're getting older?

I think I think that's a really good question for my children! What do they think about that? I think when they see it, they're going to be like, "Mm-hmm, yeah, we know, we know that guy!" You know, this is it's very interesting. Like when we when there were a couple of scenes that we were working on, you've got these actors that are in their like, you know, late 20s in the mid-30s that are trying to play down a little bit. You know, there's like, say, 17, 18, 19, like when they're in high school. But they're millennials, you know, and they live in this era and they don't understand what the what parenting and, you know, parent child relationships were like back then. And it's that thing of like, you know, when your dad says, get off the phone, you get off the phone and then go even further where it's like it's one phone and it's attached to a wall and it's cord, you know, and then and then go even further where this is a Mexican-American family with a traditional Mexican American father who's very machismo. Like, you hang up the phone, you know? there's not even a look back, much less talk back, you know, or complaining. So there’s a lot of that in Abraham. I mean, it's like I said, it's very much my dad. It's my my uncles, you know, the way they parented, which I remember very well. You know, it's my way or the highway kid, that's it. This is my house. I pay the bills. You will do X, Y and Z. And there's a bit of that that I do use in my own parenting with my children, you know? Boys are hard. You know, boys are difficult. But also I do try and talk to my [kids]…I'm much more about me, Ricardo, as a parent. I'm much more about trying to sit down with my kids and explain things to them and talk to them and be open with them, not just about things that are happening in the world, but also things that are happening with me where I'm doubtful about the situation, or the situation scares me. And, you know, you have to try to just be as honest and truthful with my children as possible, which parents back then didn't always do, you know? So it's very interesting to be on the set because those sets kind of transport you back, and the clothes transport you back, and all of a sudden you get that, you know, and then I just think about what my dad would be doing and bam, there's Abraham.

You feel like you feel it because the clothes, you know, you put them on and you're like…

I mean, it's. Oh, yeah. Some of this this time period, you know, you're talking especially when we get into when the kids are older teenagers and into their 20s. I mean, you're talking 1989, 91, 92. Fashion was atrocious.

Does the actress who's playing your wife wear those big glasses?

Oh, yeah! Oh, and I know and I've got this, you know, and that's that was part of Abraham's demeanor, like those sunglasses he always had them on. You know, I personally think that he kind of used them as a shield. You know, whenever he was doing business, you know, it was like his coat of arms. And when he had those on, you could not penetrate. You know, and he was and that's the other thing that you learn in the series is how how this family was so just the family always hanging around and so rarely did they let in strangers. And so if you were let in, you know, it was a big deal. You know, the band members that were a part of this, you know, they were a part of that family. And if Abraham didn't like somebody, bam, they were gone.

Well, how closely is the Quintanilla family working with the producers of this this show? But I know that they're very careful about the legacy and the image and everything of their family and their family story. And the reason why I'm asking this, is I'm just curious if they...

I'm sure they're you know, I'm sure they get to read all the scripts and they check it out and they have to. I know that they have to give clearance on ... They had to give clearance on all the casting. So, you know, it's their hands. You know, Suzette, I think is the one that's taking the rein, so to speak, of being in charge of this kind of thing and I think I'm sure she's doing a very good job. I'm almost certain they've got their hands and their voice and everything with regards to this project.

Well, I've been looking forward to this for a long time.

You know a lot of people have, man! It's a huge story. And not just here in South Texas. I mean, but, you know, having spent time in Mexico, you know, our Mexican population, the northern states, you know, huge fans. They just ... it's a beautiful story. It's a tragic story. I mean, it literally is a telenovela. And my connection, you know, that I'm from South Texas. I'm from San Antonio. Corpus Christi is not that far away. Selena and I were only a couple months apart in age. You know, she was born in oh, God, what was it, April to April? She was born in the month of April and I was born in the month of September of 1971. You know, we were both graduating high school the same year. I remember I was at Incarnate Word College, I was doing theater at Incarnate Word College, and I was walking up, was it Broadway to catch my bus back home at like, I don't know, three o'clock in the afternoon or something like that and Selena had that boutique there. Yeah. And I remember walking by the day that she was shot and people were there were flowers out there. There were camera crews out there. People were crying and everything. And I was and, you know, there's no there's no smartphones in your hand. So it's like, let me get home so I can make the news so I can see what happened. And sure enough, I get off my bus. I, you know, kind of quickly make myself get myself back to my house, open the door and my dad's there. And he was like, Selena was shot. And I was like, oh. And he's like, come sit down, let's watch the news, and I was like, OK. We sat down and we watched it, but yeah, it's ... you know ... [trails off]

Um, one last question--you mentioned, of course, and the dearth of stories from this area about South Texas, about people from South Texas, and is that something that you maybe have ever wanted to find a producing partner on and maybe put something like that together?

So that's a beautiful question, Nathan, thank you for asking. As a result of this with Selena, they've actually they made me a co-producer on it.

Congratulations!

Thank you. And I've been able to create a very great relationship with Jaime Davila, who is the head of Campanario Entertainment that is producing Selena and he's our producer, just he's so smart. He's so smart. He's he wants to just focus on telling Latino, Latinx stories. And so he's got several things that he's working on, specific stories to San Antonio, specific stories to South Texas. I'm pretty sure he wants to utilize me and maybe one or two of those, which is great. We'll have to see. I also have a couple of things that I'm working on with a good friend of mine, Tony Plana. Tony Plana and are looking at a couple of things that we're trying to get to secure the rights to. So if that happens, these would be a couple of other stories that are specific to South Texas about some, you know, some really famous Mexican Americans from the area. I think that this retelling of Selena in a series format is going to be really big for not just for her family and for her story and for her legacy, but also for the legacy that is South Texas and San Antonio and Corpus and, you know, all the way down to McAllen and and those areas. And I think you're going to start seeing more stories coming out about our area. I think it's I think it's long overdue.

Well, Ricardo, thank you so much.

Thanks! Thanks for taking the time.

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Latino directors, movies may nab major Oscars, but once again, no actors

As the 90th Academy Award approaches, the nominations garnered by Pixar’s “Coco,” Chile’s “A Fantastic Woman” and Guillermo del Toro’s fantasy-horror “The Shape of Water” may very well triumph as some of the best cinema of 2017.Yet for the sixth year in a row, Latino actors were shut out from all acting categories.This, despite Salma Hayek’s haunting performance in the dark comedy “Beatriz at Dinner,” from Puerto Rican director Miguel Arteta, which many critics thought had a legitimate chance at recognition.

Chilean transgender actress Daniela Vega, who wowed moviegoers and critics alike with her indelible interpretation as a nightclub singer in the aforementioned “A Fantastic Woman,” was also notably absent. In fact, when it comes to the coveted Oscar, only one Latino actor, José Ferrer, has won Best Actor in 1951; no Latina has won Best Actor.A handful of actors have won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor.But to earn nominations, you need the roles.

A new 2018 Hollywood Diversity Report from the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment in UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences found that Latino actors only appeared in 2.7 percent of movie roles in 2016, while Asian and “Mixed” actors appeared more on screen with 3.1 percent and 3 percent, respectively.These facts are at odds with the fact that Latinos as a group wield significant financial power as the largest minority group in the country and attend more movies per capita than any other U.S.demographic group.Even George Clooney has spoken about the severity of the situation, saying that if it is bad for African American actors, it’s even “worse” for Latinos.But more Latinos in high-profile film roles requires that casting directors, producers and directors hire more Hispanic actors.Charles Ramírez Berg, a professor of radio, television and film at The University of Texas in Austin, thinks that in order to create real change, there need to be sweeping alterations in the executive and creative infrastructures within the motion picture industry.“If you’re a Mexican-American casting director, you’re going to look at actors who come in to see you in a different way,” said Ramírez Berg.

“You’re going to hire the best actor for the job, but maybe the best actor for the job is someone named Valdez.”Carla Hool, a casting director who has cast for film and television shows such as Disney’s “Coco” and Netflix’s “Narcos,” believes that casting directors can sway opinions on the ethnicity of the actors on the script, but they have the power to do only so much.In an interview for Deadline, Hool said, “In my case, sometimes I give my opinion and say, “What if this role was Latino?” But at the end of the day, it’s going to be the producers and the director who are going to decide who they want to cast.”Film director Alex Garland, whose movie “Annihilation” includes an ensemble including Latino actors Oscar Isaac, Gina Rodriguez and Tessa Thompson, told he doesn’t know why Hollywood directors don’t hire more Latino actors, but he asserted that ethnicity has nothing to do with how he hires talent.”When I’m casting a film, I look for interesting actors,” said Garland.”Gina [Rodriguez] gave the most fantastic reading when she came in and I really liked her, I liked her attitude and I didn’t really think about it more than that.”But Ramírez Berg is quick to indicate there need to be changes made on the creative end too.

He tells the story of director Robert Rodríguez, who throughout his career has found Latino talent and nurtured their path to stardom.“He hired Salma Hayek for “From Dusk Till Dawn” and he said there was a very concerted effort to turn her into a star,” said Ramírez Berg.Rodriguez’s movies can be seen as a blueprint on how to develop Latino stars.He uses genre films such as action, grind-house and science-fiction to create familiar and comfortable settings for all audiences, but distinguishes his films by intentionally casting Latinos in a variety of lead roles.

Aside from Hayek, there’s Antonio Banderas in “Desperado” and “Spy Kids,” Danny Trejo in “Machete” and Rosa Salazar in the upcoming sci-fi film “Alita: Battle Angel.”Daniel Bernardi, professor of cinema studies at San Francisco State University, takes a more aggressive viewpoint on how to achieve meaningful change.“To ensure Hollywood makes more films that show the diversity of the Latino community, civil rights advocates need to boycott and protest,” said Bernardi.” In the age of Trump and attacks on all folk of color and women, we need to peacefully assemble in ways that are disruptive to the flow of tradition.”Of the same opinion is the National Hispanic Media Coalition, which is planning to protest for a second time on Saturday, March 3rd, a day before the Oscars.“By targeting the Academy Awards, we’re serving notice to the motion picture industry that we’re not asking for equity anymore.

We’re demanding it,” said NHMC president Alex Nogales.Industry experts and critics concede that whether it’s executive changes or protests, the solutions to screen equality for Latinos is a complicated one, not to be fixed overnight.But with the potential for Oscar gold for several films about or created by Latinos, the idea of a Latin Best Actor doesn’t seem too far away from grasp.FOLLOW LATINO ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM.Source: NBC News.

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